A Miner's Family Life: Memories of Minden, West Virginia

by Billy Ray Bibb

Book Overview

Dare we compare mining to slavery? In a way, yes. Although miners were not physically owned, they were mentally owned by their work. Livelihoods were owned by the company store-which was detrimental both emotionally and psychologically-making life difficult for not just the miners but their families, too. Many immigrants who came to America were forced to leave their homelands, seeking a means to survive in the new world. The American Dream promised...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1728300843
• ISBN13: 9781728300849
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"