Storming Heaven (Audio book)

Annadel, West Virginia, was a small town rich in coal, farms, and close-knit families, all destroyed when the coal company came in. It stole everything it hadn't bothered to buy--land deeds, private homes, and ultimately, the souls of its men and women. Four people tell this powerful, deeply moving tale: Activist Mayor C. J. Marcum. Fierce, loveless union man Rondal Lloyd. Gutsy nurse Carrie Bishop, who loved Rondal. And lonely Sicilian immigrant Rosa Angelelli, who lost four sons to the deadly mines. They all bear witness to nearly forgotten events of history, culminating in the final, tragic Battle of Blair Mountain--when the United States Army greeted ten thousand unemployed pro-union miners with airplanes, bombs, and poison gas. It was the first crucial battle of a war that has yet to be won.

About the author

Denise Giardina is the author of Emily's Ghost, Fallam's Secret, The Unquiet Earth, and Saints and Villains, which won the Boston Book Review Prize. She is an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church and lives in Charleston, West Virginia.

Product details

• Authors: Denise Giardina
• Assisted by: A T Chandler (Reader / Narrator), Tiffany Morgan (Reader / Narrator), Cody Roberts (Reader / Narrator), Nicol Zanzarella (Reader / Narrator)
• Publisher: Tantor
• Languages: English
• Product format: CD-Audio (Playing time: 11h 11min)
• Released: 12.02.2019
• EAN: 9781665247177
• ISBN: 978-1-66524-717-7
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature