Coal country killing : a culture, a union, and the murders that changed it all
by Tanenbaum, Robert (Author), Jackson, Steven, 1955- (Author)
Summary
"Coal Country Killing: A Culture, A Union, And The Murders That Changed It All, revolves around the cold-blooded 1969 assassination of United Mineworkers of America "reform candidate" Jock Yablonski, and murder of his wife and daughter in their Pennsylvania farmhouse. But driving the story are the e... Full description
- Prologue: The visitors
- The Scots Irish
- Bloody Harlan
- Bitter rivals
- "An unfortunate accident"
- A failed leadership
- A plot is hatched
- Blood money
- A photo in the mail
- Ham and cheese sandwiches
- Thieves and enemies
- Ohio license plate CX457
- No one left alive
- Something worse
- The church has been painted
- Some guy named Tony
- The chink in the armor
- On the banks of the Monongahela
- "Scandalously inaccurate"
- Running the show
- The stage is set
- Maybe something worse
- The horrible creature
- The classic coup de grace
- A calculated risk
- "Good at planning and scheming"
- "Well, that's one down"
- The captain of the ship
- Gentle pressure
- Culturally ingrained loyalty
- A major breakthrough
- A foolish and stupid mistake
- An unlikely profile in courage
- "A day of reckonin' coming"
- "He would rule it, or he would bust it!"
- A higher power
- "Tough Tony" Boyle
- The family man
- "Stand up and be strong"
- "They were really telling the truth"
- "Assassination is his big crime"
- Fatally flawed
- The final act.