Booketeer’s Reviews > The Devil Is Here in These Hills: West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom > Status Update

“Dixon and his pit bosses paid little attention to West Virginia’s mine safety laws… [resulting in 2 mine explosions that killed 103 men & boys] It was no surprise when Dixon and his managers escaped punishment, because, in his role as the Republican boss…[Dixon] had handpicked the jury members largely from the ranks of coal company officers and political cronies.”

The description of the mining life is quite harrowing!