Title: Cut and Paste
Product review: Shogan's book is a rehash of formerly published ill informed texts. His photos are commonly available and serve to mislead rather than inform--focusing on Sid Hatfield rather than Bill Blizzard. Despite the title, Blair Mountain does not make the index till page 184. Two points should suffice to give a gist of the quality of this work. He repeatedly refers to the Red Bandana Army--while any miner knows that no such fiction ever existed. It was the RED NECK Army, led by Bill Blizzard who later would lead District 17 to dominate the coal fields of West Virginia. Second, and of critical import, Mr Shogan did not even bother to interview William C. Blizzard. W.C. Blizzard is Bill's son, was in the court room when his daddy was acquitted, and wrote the only truly informed history of the Battle back in 1952! On the bright side, I purchased a new,hard bound, autographed, copy of this $26 book for $1.95 on Amazon.
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