Mine Seed

'Mine Seed [1] by the poet,[2][3] novelist, and journalist [4][5][6] Lucia Dailey, is a work of historical fiction, published in 2002, and set in the anthracite mining region of Pennsylvania during the turbulent era of labor struggles and industrialization from the 1840s, from the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 to the Great Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902.

Written as literary fiction but based on historical events as seen from the workers' viewpoint, it depicts the often bloody struggle by unions to gain rights and fair pay—culminating in 1902, when miners in Scranton forced peaceful arbitration of a strike for the first time in history. Historian Howard Zinn called Mine Seed[7]"something extraordinary in literature." Although written as literature, it includes a bibliography, historical notes, and oral histories reaching back to the 1840s.

References

  1. ↑ Historical Society of Pennsylvania Archives http://discover.hsp.org/Record/hsp.opac.v01-283853/Details
  2. ↑ Mead-Matsui, Joan. "Poetry With An International Flair." The Abington Journal, 12/26/2012 http://theabingtonjournal.com/stories/Poetry-with-international-flair,244691
  3. ↑ Rally of One: http://nepa4peace.tripod.com/rallyofone/id24.html
  4. ↑ Cockburn, Alexander; St. Clair, Jeffrey, eds. Counterpunch, 5/08/2004: "Forbidden Games" http://www.counterpunch.org/2004/05/08/forbidden-games/Forbidden Games » Exclusively in the new print issue of CounterPunch .... LUCIA DAILEY is a poet and writer living in the mountains of Pennsylvania. Howard Zinn ...
  5. ↑ Harkavy, Ward: "War On Trial In Binghamton." Village Voice, 9/23/2005 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/pressclips/2005/09/ Despite the paucity of coverage by the mainstream media, there are plenty of places to go to get more info on what's happening in Binghamton. Here are two basic ones: Lucia Dailey is doing a blow-by-blow of the actual trial on CounterPunch, 9/22/2005: "Trial of the St. Patrick's Four" http://test.counterpunch.org/2005/09/22/trial-of-the-st-patrick-s-four/
  6. ↑ Kelly, Kathy; Blackburn, Scott. eds. Voices In The Wilderness: 10/18/2005: "A Fearful Asymmetry" http://thewe.cc/weplanet/news/americas/us_terror_state/st_patrick_four.htm
  7. ↑ Mine Seed is referenced in Anthracite! An Anthology of Coal Region Drama. Mosley, Philip, ed. Scranton: University of Scranton Press, 2006. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/A/bo3775640.html