Anthracite Lads.Anthracite anthracite (ăn`thrəsīt'): see coal. anthracite or hard coal Coal containing more fixed carbon than any other form of coal and the lowest amount of volatile (quickly evaporating) material, giving it the Lads William H. Burke Erie County Erie County is the name of several counties in the United States:
419 State Street, Erie, Pennsylvania “Erie” redirects here. For other uses, see Erie (disambiguation). Erie (pronounced IPA: /ˈɪəri/) is a major industrial city on the shore of Lake Erie in the northwestern corner of the U.S. 16501-1106 1883658470 $16.95 Anthracite Lads: A True Story of the Fables Molly Maguires Molly Maguires (məgwī`ərz), secret organization of Irish-Americans in the anthracite mining districts of Pennsylvania. Its name came from a woman who led an extralegal, antilandlord organization in Ireland during the 1840s, and its is a unique book that strives to reexamine re·ex·am·ine also re-ex·am·ine tr.v. re·ex·am·ined, re·ex·am·in·ing, re·ex·am·ines 1. To examine again or anew; review. 2. Law To question (a witness) again after cross-examination. a facet of American History in a new light. In an era generations gone by, a group of Irish coal miners were dubbed the "Molly Maguires", and labeled "Red-Handed Murderers" by the press for their alleged role in bombings, assassinations, train derailments, arson, and street demonstrations that rocked Pennsylvania coal territory. The popularly perpetuated history is that a lone, heroic detective infiltrated the notorious gang and brought them all to hangman's justice; now, Anthracite Lads sheds the light of modern scrutiny upon long-buried violence to reveal heretofore hidden truths. A gripping narrative, Anthracite Lads is grounded in extensive research yet reads almost like a novel, and features a special section with reproductions of Molly Maguire photos and original documents. |
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