Forgotten Voices: Excerpts from Valentina's Journal - Paperback
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In 1912-1913 West Virginia, a coalfield strike was called to organize the miners. Evicted from their company homes, many moved to a nearby town, swelling the population from fewer than 300 to over 3,000. They refused to return to work, choosing to live in coarse tents, the only shelter available. Ten months into the strike, a coal operator commissioned an armored train to shoot up...
Katy J. Smith is a retired elementary school teacher in West Virginia. She is also a National Board Certified Teacher in Reading and Literacy. She and her husband live in Montgomery and Huntington, and they have one daughter and two grandchildren. Katy is the daughter of a coal miner and enjoys her family legacy of coal mining and all things Appalachia. Her hobbies include reading, writing,...
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