The Young Molly Maguires: Young Passages In The Days Of The Robber Barons

A story of youth in the time of the Molly Maguires and the 1870s ferocious labor struggles in coal mining. The Mollies were a secret society of immigrant Irish mine workers who struck back at the railroad 'robber barons, ' owners of the coal mines, and their brutal labor practices. It is the story of the lives of a few boys and a girl, sons and a daughter of Molly families, bonded together in loyalty and love. They embrace difficult coming-of-age challenges, while also struggling against steep odds to help their families avert a tragedy closing in on them.

• | Author: J. E. O'Rourke
• | Publisher: Gaelwriter Publishers
• | Publication Date: Mar 17, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 264 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0692411364
• | ISBN-13: 9780692411360