Offers an in-depth account of the violent strike that plagued Colorado's southern coal district, which in April 1914 culminated in a full-scale battle between armed strikers and the Colorado National Guard, the burning of the strikers' tent colony in Ludlow, and the deaths of two women and eleven children, and launched calls for vicious guerrilla warfare on the part of union supporters.
Author | Scott Martelle |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Release Date | 2008-08 |
ISBN | 081354419X |
Pages | 266 pages |
Rating | 4/5 (99 users) |