Garcia, Ricardo L.
Coal camp justice two wrongs make a right Ricardo L. Garcia - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2005. - 317 p. ; 24 cm. - Coal Camp Series Book 2 .
Prequel to Coal Camp Days
The story opens in 1931 when Julian and Dahlia Heard, an African American coal mining family, take in Swannie, a town drunk. Swannie finds sobriety, peace, and opportunity with the Heards until his friend Judo Perkovich dies in a tragic mining accident.
Swannie stands up for Judo's widow and, as a result, is fired from the mine. He finds work in Raton as a "dry agent," waging battle against local moonshiners in Colfax County--and the local coal camps. Swannie disappears one day while demolishing a still near Chicorico. When a body is found in the nearby hills, Swannie's friend Julian Heard is nearly killed by a camp guard who will stop at nothing to secure a confession for the crime.
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African American coal miners--Fiction.
Coal mines and mining--Fiction.
Distilling, Illicit--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.
Mining camps--Fiction.
Depressions--Fiction.
Alcoholics--Fiction.
New Mexico--Fiction.
PS3607.A725 / C633 2005
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Coal camp justice two wrongs make a right Ricardo L. Garcia - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2005. - 317 p. ; 24 cm. - Coal Camp Series Book 2 .
Prequel to Coal Camp Days
The story opens in 1931 when Julian and Dahlia Heard, an African American coal mining family, take in Swannie, a town drunk. Swannie finds sobriety, peace, and opportunity with the Heards until his friend Judo Perkovich dies in a tragic mining accident.
Swannie stands up for Judo's widow and, as a result, is fired from the mine. He finds work in Raton as a "dry agent," waging battle against local moonshiners in Colfax County--and the local coal camps. Swannie disappears one day while demolishing a still near Chicorico. When a body is found in the nearby hills, Swannie's friend Julian Heard is nearly killed by a camp guard who will stop at nothing to secure a confession for the crime.
0826336973 (alk. paper)
2005005925
013261514 Uk
African American coal miners--Fiction.
Coal mines and mining--Fiction.
Distilling, Illicit--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.
Mining camps--Fiction.
Depressions--Fiction.
Alcoholics--Fiction.
New Mexico--Fiction.
PS3607.A725 / C633 2005
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