![]() Nevertheless, like countless other families, C.J.'s family is forced off their land.Īcross the border in eastern Kentucky, the Bishop family resides on their farm they call the Homeplace. knows that is not true because his grandfather was literate and could sign his name. J.'s grandfather made his mark on a document signing over the land, but C.J. When diplomacy fails, C.J.'s grandfather is murdered. ![]() ![]() Marcum's grandfather, are adamantly opposed to giving away any portion of their land. Rumors circulate that the railroad companies want the mineral rights to the land, and then agents of the railroad appear and begin asking for signatures on documents giving away mineral rights. The agrarian society farms the land and lives season to season. Life in rural southwestern West Virginia is much like it has been for generations. The novel begins before the arrival of the coal companies. It is a story rarely covered in history books. ![]() The novel begins as coal companies move into the region and culminates in the story of a real-life deadly battle between mineworkers and mine owners backed by government. The novel Storming Heaven tells four different narrators' perceptions of events surrounding life in the coal camps of West Virginia in the first two decades of the twentieth century. ![]()
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