Rebels in the Shadows

by Robert T. Reilly

Dramatizing the very real plight of coal miners in the Pennsylvania anthracite fields in the 1870s, Rebels in the Shadows tells the story of the legendary secret society known as the Molly Maguires. The time is the explosive 1870s; the place, the hard-coal fields of Pennsylvania. The Flannery family, like all the others in Pottsville, barely eke out a living from the mines. Out of frustration and anger, a group of coal miners organizes a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822953048
• ISBN13: 9780822953043
• Release Date: June 1979
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 11 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 9