Showing Blood on the Tracks by Cecelia Holland
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 wrenched American history onto a new course. Focussing on events in Baltimore and Pittsburgh, this essay brings this dramatic and bloody confrontation to life, as ordinary people, driven to the wall by oppression, rose against their masters. This was the opening act in long years of savage struggle for the rights of labor that continue to this day.
Important places
- Baltimore (390)
- Pittsburgh (1,171)
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Regions
- Maryland (1,306)
- Pennsylvania (4,458)
Countries
- United States (64,950)
Other geographical areas
- Allegheny Plateau (173)
- Piedmont (USA) (1,063)
- Appalachian Mountains (1,111)
