{"product_id":"the-path-was-steep-a-memoir-of-appalachian-coal-camps-during-the-great-depression-paperback","title":"The Path Was Steep: A Memoir of Appalachian Coal Camps During the Great Depression - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSuzannee Pickett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNorman McMillan\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSue Pickett was a coal miner's daughter who became a coal miner's wife and witnessed and lived through the turbulent years of the Great Depression and the sometimes violent struggles between labor unions and coal mine bosses throughout the Appalachian South--especially her native Alabama. The dramatic central episode in her account is a March 1934 standoff between striking miners and the mine owners. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePickett's story is peopled with memorable characters, including her irrepressible husband David and an almost Biblical cast of other family members; a roaring, fire-belching automobile nicknamed Thunderbolt; Irene, a fiercely proud ten-year-old mountain girl left homeless by the hard times; and many others. The memoir is a saga of determined working-class people making do and getting by, but equally of their love of family and land.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSue Pickett was a coal miner's daughter who became a coal miner's wife. She witnessed the turbulent years of the Great Depression and the sometimes-violent struggles between labor unions and coal mine bosses throughout the Appalachian South especially in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Mrs. Pickett's native Alabama. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Her story is peopled with memorable characters an almost Biblical cast of family members, which includes her irrepressible husband David; the dangerous and feared coal-company enforcer Mike Self; Irene, a fiercely proud ten-year-old mountain girl left homeless by the hard times; a roaring, fire-belching automobile nicknamed Thunderbolt, and many others. Theirs are stories of making do, getting by, and surviving, but they are equally of love of family and land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSUZANNE PICKETT was first published when she was eleven years old on the children's page of the \u003ci\u003eBirmingham News\u003c\/i\u003e. She later wrote short stories and articles that appeared in \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and worked for many years as a reporter and columnist for the \u003ci\u003eCentreville\u003c\/i\u003e (AL) \u003ci\u003ePress\u003c\/i\u003e, which serialized five of her books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.06 x 5.77 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760466690336,"sku":"9781588382610","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8ce08d8688dd12cce554a006d8bbf52f.webp?v=1780180664","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-path-was-steep-a-memoir-of-appalachian-coal-camps-during-the-great-depression-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}