@book{1121, keywords = {trade unions, Polish Americans, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Communist Party, Philip Murray (1886-1952), John L. Lewis (1880-1969), United Steelworkers, steel industry, United Mine Workers, Monongahela River Valley, coal industry}, author = {John Hoerr}, title = {Monongahela Dusk}, abstract = {Pete Bonner is a struggling beer salesman during the Great Depression who makes sales calls along Route 40 near Uniontown, Fayette County. When he drives in low gear up Chestnut Ridge through an upslope fog, he swerves, hits a human figure along the highway, and stops to help him. The victim is Joe Miravich, a blacklisted coal miner on the run. Miravich does not want a doctor, just a ride, and the two travel together, argue a lot, and finally bond.}, year = {2009}, pages = {304 p.}, publisher = {Autumn House Press}, address = {Pittsburgh}, language = {English}, }