[Review] The Devil Is Here in These Hills (James Green) Summarized.

The Devil Is Here in These Hills (James Green) - Amazon USA Store: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802124658?tag=9natree-20 - Amazon Worldwide Store: https://global.buys.trade/The-Devil-Is-Here-in-These-Hills-James-Green.html - Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-devil-is-here-in-these-hills-west-virginias-coal/id996965087?itsct=books_box_link&itscg=30200&ls=1&at=1001l3bAw&ct=9natree - eBay: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=The+Devil+Is+Here+in+These+Hills+James+Green+&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5339060787&customid=9natree&toolid=10001&mkevt=1 - Read more: https://english.9natree.com/read/0802124658/ #WestVirginiacoalwars #UnitedMineWorkersofAmerica #BlairMountain #BaldwinFeltsDetectiveAgency #laborrepression #TheDevilIsHereinTheseHills The Devil Is Here in These Hills: West Virginia s Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom by James Green is a labor history that examines the West Virginia coal wars from the late nineteenth century through the New Deal era. Rather than treating mining conflict as a local curiosity, Green presents it as a major chapter in American industrial and political history. The book traces how coal operators used legal pressure, private security forces, and violent suppression to block unionization, while miners organized to defend wages, dignity, and basic rights. It centers the long struggle in the southern coalfields and highlights key flashpoints such as Paint Creek, Matewan, and Blair Mountain. Written for both general readers and scholars, the book combines careful archival research with an accessible narrative style. Its purpose is not only to document a turbulent past, but also to show how conflicts over labor, democracy, and economic power in Appalachia connect to broader questions in American history.