Blood Runs Coal by Mark A Bradley
Finalist for the 2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime The shocking assassination that catalyzed groundbreaking reform in Big Coal.
Bradley reveals the appalling story of the Yablonski murders, combining elements of true crime drama and legal thriller with a perceptive exploration of a transformative moment in modern labor history-- Steve Nathans-Kelly - New York Journal of Books
One of the most shocking episodes in organized labor's blood-soaked history.... Bradley reconstructs the crime and the coalfield uprising it inspired in his meticulously researched book. -- Steve Halvonik - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Union politics and true crime mix vividly in Bradley's account.... [Bradley] tells a great story. -- National Book Review
Brought to life in vivid detail.... A nuanced picture of a real, successful struggle for democracy. -- Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein - The Baffler
Blood Runs Coal is impossible to put down. Mark A. Bradley has nailed his subjects in every possible way, from his chillingly cinematic handling of a breathtaking triple homicide to exciting courtroom dramas to a cast of villains from the violent gangs of the Hillbilly Underworld, and to the true-life heroic crusade to reform a murderous coal mining labor union. Mr. Bradley skillfully presents a world no reader will ever forget. -- Charles Brandt, author of I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank The Irishman Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
Mark A. Bradley's Blood Runs Coal skillfully presents the story of an American tragedy, a reminder that greed and violence, perpetrated by those in power, has always been a threat to our society, and that we must always be prepared to fight it. -- John Sayles, writer and director of Matewan
An absorbing, brilliant account of one of the most tragic murder stories in modern labor history, Blood Runs Coal judiciously uncovers the hidden layers of a brutal crime in the last moments of the tumultuous decade of the 1960s, and recovers the legacy of the heroic movement for democracy in the coal fields that remains an urgent, powerful, and hopeful cautionary tale for today. -- Jeff Biggers, author of Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland
Masterful.... An absorbing narrative of pride, greed, arrogance, and retribution that will find a place in history and true crime collections. -- Library Journal, starred review
Page-turning.... Bradley fluidly interweaves union politics with insider accounts.... The result is both a juicy true crime story and a tribute to the power of effective labor movements. -- Publishers Weekly
A well-paced, thorough investigation of a half-century-old crime whose effects are still felt in the Appalachian coal fields. -- Kirkus
One of the most shocking episodes in organized labor's blood-soaked history.... Bradley reconstructs the crime and the coalfield uprising it inspired in his meticulously researched book. -- Steve Halvonik - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Union politics and true crime mix vividly in Bradley's account.... [Bradley] tells a great story. -- National Book Review
Brought to life in vivid detail.... A nuanced picture of a real, successful struggle for democracy. -- Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein - The Baffler
Blood Runs Coal is impossible to put down. Mark A. Bradley has nailed his subjects in every possible way, from his chillingly cinematic handling of a breathtaking triple homicide to exciting courtroom dramas to a cast of villains from the violent gangs of the Hillbilly Underworld, and to the true-life heroic crusade to reform a murderous coal mining labor union. Mr. Bradley skillfully presents a world no reader will ever forget. -- Charles Brandt, author of I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank The Irishman Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
Mark A. Bradley's Blood Runs Coal skillfully presents the story of an American tragedy, a reminder that greed and violence, perpetrated by those in power, has always been a threat to our society, and that we must always be prepared to fight it. -- John Sayles, writer and director of Matewan
An absorbing, brilliant account of one of the most tragic murder stories in modern labor history, Blood Runs Coal judiciously uncovers the hidden layers of a brutal crime in the last moments of the tumultuous decade of the 1960s, and recovers the legacy of the heroic movement for democracy in the coal fields that remains an urgent, powerful, and hopeful cautionary tale for today. -- Jeff Biggers, author of Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland
Masterful.... An absorbing narrative of pride, greed, arrogance, and retribution that will find a place in history and true crime collections. -- Library Journal, starred review
Page-turning.... Bradley fluidly interweaves union politics with insider accounts.... The result is both a juicy true crime story and a tribute to the power of effective labor movements. -- Publishers Weekly
A well-paced, thorough investigation of a half-century-old crime whose effects are still felt in the Appalachian coal fields. -- Kirkus
Mark A. Bradley has been a US Department of Justice lawyer, a criminal defense lawyer, and a CIA intelligence officer. Currently the director of the Information Security Oversight Office of the National Archives and Records Administration, he lives in Arlington, Virginia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393652536 |
| ISBN 10 | 039365253X |
| Title | Blood Runs Coal |
| Author | Mark A Bradley |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2020-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award 2021 |
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