Molly Maguires
The band of coal miners known as the Molly Maguires led one of the first labor uprisings in the United States. Irish immigrants took it upon themselves to combat their own mistreatment by the coal companies. Their story is legend in the coal region.
- The Mollies Were Men (Second Edition): The Final Chapter by Dr. Thomas Barrett
A new edition by Shenandoah native Dr. Thomas Barrett, son of Tom Barrett Sr., author of the acclaimed first edition.
"The Final Chapter" brings to closure a violent time in anthracite mining history. On January 12, 1979, one hundred years and thirty-five days after Jack Kehoe was hung, the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, after full and public hearings, recommended, with written reasons that the arrests and trials were ridden with perjury, false accusations and unbelievable miscarriages of justice all condoned by the politicians of the era, that the pardon of John Kehoe be granted accordingly (posthumously). - Making Sense of the Molly Maguires by Kevin Kenny
A very well-researched and exhaustive study of the Molly Maguires. A must-read for serious students of the Mollies. - The Molly Maguires by Anthony Bimba
- Molly Maguires and the Detectives by Allan Pinkerton
- Lament for the Molly Maguires by Arthur H. Lewis
- The Molly Maguires (Episodes of Violence in U.S. History) Vol 3 by Wayne G. Broehl
- Molly Maguires : The Origin Growth and Character of the Organization by Francis P. Dewees
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