"Based on over 50 hours of oral histories, as well as over 170 rare photos from archives, museums and personal collections around the country, On A Burning Deck is the only work to offer a complete portrait of one family's origins in rural Kentucky, migration to Akron, Ohio, work in the rubber factories and eventual impact on local politics and government. Meticulously researched, rich in detail, thoroughly referenced for historical perspective and completely indexed with hundred of names, this contextual oral history is a ...
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"Based on over 50 hours of oral histories, as well as over 170 rare photos from archives, museums and personal collections around the country, On A Burning Deck is the only work to offer a complete portrait of one family's origins in rural Kentucky, migration to Akron, Ohio, work in the rubber factories and eventual impact on local politics and government. Meticulously researched, rich in detail, thoroughly referenced for historical perspective and completely indexed with hundred of names, this contextual oral history is a must-read for anyone interested in 20th-century history, Ohio or Kentucky history, industrial relations, local governance or genealogy. On A Burning Deck is a tale well-told with wry humor and deep insight into the people, the "hillbillies," who came from Western Kentucky to build modern industrial Ohio and forever leave their mark"--Back cover.
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