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020 $a9781933693965 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aML3930.R323$bL96 2011
082 00 $a782.42/1592$222
100 1 $aLyon, George Ella,$d1949-
245 10 $aWhich side are you on? :$bthe story of a song /$cby George Ella Lyon ; art work by Christopher Cardinale.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aEl Paso :$bCinco Puntos Press,$cc2011.
300 $a1 v (variouse pagings) :$bcol. ill. ;$c29 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $a"Which Side Are You On? tells the story of a song which was written in 1931 by Florence Reece in a rain of bullets. Florence's husband Sam was a coal miner in Kentucky. Miners went on strike until they could get better pay, safer working conditions, and health care. The company hired thugs to attack the organizers like Sam Reece. Writer George Ella Lyon tells this hair-raising story through the eyes of one of Florence's daughters, a dry-witted pig-tailed gal, whose vantage point is from under the bed with her six brothers and sisters. The thugs' bullets hit the thin doors and windows of the company house, the kids lying low wonder whether they're going to make it out of this alive, wonder exactly if this strike will make their lives better or end them, but their mother keeps scribbling and singing. "We need a song," she tells her kids. That's not at all what they think they need"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aReece, Florence,$d1900-1986.$tWhich side are you on?$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aMiners$zKentucky$xSongs and music$xHistory and criticism$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aMiners$xLabor unions$zKentucky$xSongs and music$vJuvenile literature.
700 1 $aCardinale, Christopher,$eill.