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Alex did such extensive research in writing this book it is awesome. The story is about the birth and death of one of the most thriving coal mining regions in the country. The McDowell County seat of Welch, West Virginia was at one time referred to as "The Biggest Little City" in the USA. Now it is a lonely place filled with ghosts of the past but it is definitely still there, all but forgotten by the very government that at one time owned all the land that they stole from the early settlers. The republican party, together with all the coal mine owners treated the poor miners very badly. It was a good life for the rich politicians and the wealthy coal operators but for thousands of coal miners and their families they were treated like prisoners. The immigrants from eastern Europe and the poor blacks from the south were tricked into going to Gary Hollow to make a "good?" life. It was always a huge struggle for the uneducated to barely scrape by. If you are interested in early American suffering at the hands of the US government then you will find this book of American History very interesting indeed. I have been studying this book for some months and it amazes me how much suffering was endured by these honest hard working men.
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