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The Sunnyside War

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This is a gripping story that is hard to put down. It is about the heroes of the 1922 coal mine strike when 600,000 miners went out on a strike that turned bloody. An historical bonanza about the people who gave up so much to help create the lifestyle we take for granted today. The fictional characters in the book are so lifelike I felt like I was living the events with them.

In this well-written and interesting historical novel, Fred Civish introduces an important era of American history I never knew. As a native Utahn, it is difficult to escape at least a cursory education about the Mormon trek west and the history of early settlements throughout the region. Yet I have never heard much about the story of mining in Utah, an integral part of Utah's early economy and political history, along with the railroads. Mr. Civish creates an easily-readable, believable, informative, and romantic story to introduce the reader to the battlefields of a lesser-known chapter of American history: the gritty, tenuous, and politically volatile underbelly of the Rocky Mountain mining economy in the early 1900's. Thank you, Mr. Civish, for bringing this part of history alive for me!

Fred Civish, in Sunnyside War, paints a poignant picture of life as it was for the underground coal miner, his family, and co-workers in the 1900's. It is a story of America. It is a story of true American grit. It is a story that helps to celebrate the lives of all the laborers upon whose backs this country found its greatness.

I had relatives who worked in the mines, and this book managed to dramatically expand on some stories they told me years ago.
The author tells this behind-the-scenes story as only someone who has been there can.

He nails the mine owners posture, and their methods of controll-
ing the workers in a way that makes you grateful for the information, and thankful for not being a miner yourself.
Fred Civish doesn't play footsy with the facts. Mining is a
tough business, where the workers safety is too often a crap
shoot.

But miners live on top of the earth too, and the author weaves
a love story between two young people that kept me turning the pages. I got to love these kids, and worried that the plan
they concocted wouldn't end up doing them in.

This book was about hard work and hard love. Great combination. Great book.

This was a great story. Having had family in the coal mining industry, it really brought me back home. Any more books by F. Civish??

The story is really good. It kept my interest from start to finish. I enjoyed this book so much I got a copy for my daughter. I enjoyed the discreption of how the mining was done back in the 20's. I recommend this book to everyone.

I am What you would call a slow reader. I only read this book becuse it was recommended by a friend. After I started reading it I could not put it down, In fact when I was Finished I read it Again !!

I enjoyed the book enormously. It is the best fiction book I have read in a long time. The description of the mine in the 1920's was the best I have ever read. Having read all of Tony Hillerman's books, I also liked the Indian connection. And the surprise ending was fun. I think it is an excellent book.

A gripping story that is hard to put down. An historical bonanza. It honors those people who gave up so much that we might enjoy our current lifestyle we take for granted. Basically, the history is about the national coal mine strike in 1922 when 600,000 miners went out on strike and the strike turned bloody. The story is about people who are so lifelike I almost lived the events with them.

Hal Virden, Shell Knob Missouri

Once you pick it up you will not want to put it down.Go back in time to the Coal mines of the 1920's With union and nonunion and take a ride in a packard or just sit by a camp and talk to an old indian names Billy. Find adventure, love, history and so much more in "The Sunnyside War".