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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 9:28 am
by mcrib
Night Comes to the Cumberlands wierd. You should check out Miners, Millhands and Mountaineers by Ronald D. Eller as well
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 9:31 am
by Canuck
Pooh and the Philosophers (In Which It Is Shown that all of Western philosophy is merely a preamble to Winnie-the-Pooh)
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 9:32 am
by RRO
I have Night Come to the Cumberlands as my next one to start. I will check out MMM soon. I think most people would be surprised to learn whats happened in these hills. Good stuff for sure.
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:52 am
by mcrib
I am really into it right now. Have you seen Harlan County, USA? Really powerful film.
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 7:19 pm
by RRO
No but I just read about the coal thugs during the unionization movement. Crazy times for sure. I will look for that but finding anything not on the top 50 blockbuster list around here is tough.
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:53 am
by Christian
A Man in Full,Tom Wolfe
The Count of Monte Cristo,Dumas
Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:02 pm
by RRO
mcrib wrote:Night Comes to the Cumberlands .
Holy crap ! What a great read. There are secrets in them thar hills that everyone should know about.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 7:24 am
by Christian
mcrib wrote:I am really into it right now. Have you seen Harlan County, USA? Really powerful film.
you might like two other related movies:Matewan and The Molly MaGuires
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:20 am
by Crankmas
Blood Popcorn- that Orville Rectumknocker was one evil mo fo
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 11:44 am
by dmw
Forget Me Not, by Jenni Lowe-Anker It is a good read.... haven't finished it yet, though, sure it will get pretty sad here shortly...