The Sons of Molly Maguire: The Irish Roots of A. Bulik<|

The Sons of Molly MaguireThe Irish Roots of America's First Labor War\nAuthor(s): Mark Bulik\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Fordham University Press, United States\nImprint: Fordham University Press\nISBN-13: 9780823262236, 978-0823262236\nSynopsis\nSensational tales of true-life crime, the devastation of the Irish potato famine, the upheaval of the Civil War, and the turbulent emergence of the American labor movement are connected in a captivating exploration of the roots of the Molly Maguires. A secret society of peasant assassins in Ireland that re-emerged in Pennsylvania's hard-coal region, the Mollies organized strikes, murdered mine bosses, and fought the Civil War draft. Their shadowy twelve-year duel with all powerful coal companies marked the beginning of class warfare in America. But little has been written about the origins of this struggle and the folk culture that informed everything about the Mollies.\n A rare book about the birth of the secret society, The Sons of Molly.