The West Virginia Coal Wars: Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina

Storming Heaven is the second award winning novel by Dennis Giardina published in 1987. This historical novel is a fictional story of a painful labor dispute that occurred in the southern West Virginia in the early 1920s, also known as the West Virginia State Coal War. The authors tell the story of a real confrontation that miners face through the eyes of four protagonists from different industries with different views. This story tells the real difficulties faced by coal miners, and the subsequent conflict is the subject covered by the "American journey".

ANN: Some writers from West Virginia, such as Breece Pancake, Denise Giardina, Davis Grubb and Chuck Kinder, worked with complex representatives in the area and influenced me as a young artist . All these writers grew up in West Virginia. Everyone has a different view of this place, but each vision gives a sense of subtle depth to our culture. They continue to fight domestic contradictions and they provide a background and history that will help to reveal the dark elements of the country; their feel is in the depths of their body; they are in our language I will do wonderful things

In the early 1920s, West Virginia coal miners and mining owners and their employed detectives clashed repeatedly in the West Virginia coal field war. The event "Matewan Massacre" was recorded in John Sayles' movie "Matewan". Violence in West Virginia continued for several years; this was the continuation of the initial struggle highlighted by Homestead and Haymarket events. Despite the best efforts of labor organizations and progressive leaders, the war between capital and labor has continued to increase since the 1930s.

One of the main resources of the West Virginia economy is coal. According to the Energy Information Administration Bureau, West Virginia is the largest coal producing country in the United States, second only to Wyoming. West Virginia is located in the center of the Marcell Sharr gas stratum extending from northern Tennessee to New York in Appalachian central area. Almost all West Virginia electricity generation comes from coal-fired power plants. West Virginia has generated surplus electricity and has led the interstate net electricity export within the state. West Virginia also practices agriculture, but because of the majority of the mountainous region of the state, on a limited scale

Otherwise, the history of West Virginia primarily begins with coal (unlike Virginia). Coal is a good reason for national minerals, since state coal production had a major impact on the industrialization of the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century. West Virginia coal provides lots of money to railway development of the country literally and metaphorically. The West Virginia rail network (transporting coal to other markets) is an important part of the national railway system. Getting cheap and fast coal also leads the country's energy base