Lament for the molly maguires one of the most violent and tragic incidents in the battle between capital and labour in america lewis, arthur h. The molly maguires real story still attracts interest. An undercover pinkerton agent ended their 30 year campaign for which several were executed. Reallife story of the molly maguires still attracts. Buy a cheap copy of lament for the molly maguires book by arthur h.
Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Sucking up the coal dust into your lungs underneath the hills where there is no sun trying to make a living on a dollar a day digging coal in. Find lament for the molly maguires by lewis, arthur h at biblio. In the latter half of the 19th century, schuylkill county, pennsylvania, was an area rife.
On the 50th anniversary of the filming of the hollywood movie the molly maguires, an indepth look at the reallife story. Lewis book lacks what today we consider proper citation, leaving the reader guessing in some instances. The irish rovers song, lament for the molly maguires, is on their album upon a shamrock shore. The molly maguires is a 1970 american historical drama film directed by martin ritt, starring richard harris and sean connery. Fascinating true story about the secret irish society that took revenge on the pennsylvania mine owners for the starvationtype conditions resulting from not being paid a living wage.
Internet archive contributor internet archive language english. The molly maguires were an irish 19thcentury secret society active in ireland, liverpool and. Lament for the molly maguires tells the true story of the violence wrought by a secret society of pennsylvania irish coal miners and how they were. The movie hardly got a fact straight and certainly was not interested in getting things exact. This book provides the story of james macparlan, the pinkerton agent who went undercover in 1870s pennsylvania coal country to break the hypothetical. The movie was shot in the towns of eckley pa saving the town from demolition and turning it into a mining museum, according to wikipedia and jim thorpe, pa. The irish rovers lament for the molly maguires lyrics. Arthur h lewis activities of a terrorist organization of irish miners in the coal regions of pennsylvania in the 1870s. Lewis raised those questions in lament for the molly maguires in 1964. Lewis and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. More about coal and less about the mollies, this book has only three pages. Lewis, reporter who wrote 17 books lake chapala artists. The true story narrated in lament for the molly maguires is itself is incredibly exciting, with an earlyday donnie brasco living precariously among murderers and thieves to gather evidence of wrongdoing.
An irish secret society known as the molly maguires is thought responsible for a string. One of the ugliest chapters in the history of american labor is the story of the pennsylvania coal mines in the 1870s. Friday, july 01, 2005 this is a listing of books read by dick estell on the radio reader broadcast over public radio stations. The band of coal miners known as the molly maguires led one of the first labor uprisings in the united states. Andrew roy in his book a history of the coal miners of the united states noted. Perhaps in answer to my question, this book was the basis for the film molly maguires, starring sean connery and richard harris.
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