In Our Blood:  Four Coal Mining Families by Matt Witt; for sale $15.00

Photographs by Earl Dotter

Highlander Research and Education Center, c. 1979, First Edition, soft cover,
 ISBN 0-9602226-1-8, 90 pp., 9 x 11 inches, well illustrated with black and white
 photographs, most recent (by publication date), a few reproductions of old photographs.

"Without coal miners, America would grind to a halt.  It would no longer be possible 
to produce the steel our economy needs to function.  In many parts of the county, the 
lights would go out as electric utilities shut down.  Homes would be without heat; 
factories would be without power."

"Americans depend on coal miners, and will depend on them more as other sources of energy
become too scarce or unreliable.  Yet most people know little about life in the coalfields.,
News from coal communities seeps out only when an underground explosion takes a large
number of miner's lives, or when a strike threatens to cut off the nation's coal supply.
Once the 'crisis' passes, business as usual resumes, and mining families are forgotten"

...

"the four mining families portrayed in this book were chosen because they came from 
a variety of backgrounds, and because they and their neighbors have been involved in 
organized efforts to bring about changes in coalfield life.  While some mining regions
and ethnic groups are not represented, these profiles help tell the story of all 
coal miners.  "

The authors, Matt Witt and Earl Dotter joined the staff of the United Mine Workers Journal
in 1973, until both resigned in 1977.

The photographs portray both life in the communities and work in the mines, both surface 
and underground.

In very good condition. Small bump on lower corner and rubbing on spine. 

Location: Duncan, AZ 85534. Phone: 928-359-2654.

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