@book{157, keywords = {labor strikes, immigrants, trade unions, United Mine Workers, coal industry}, author = {Sherwood Anderson}, title = {Marching Men}, abstract = {Set in Coal Creek, a fictitious Western Pennsylvania minor town. Norman “Beaut” McGregor is 14 as the story begins, and after his disillusionment with the lack of power among the miners in his hometown, he hops a train to Chicago and comes of age there, politicizing himself. When McGregor returns home for his mother's funeral, the miners honor her by dramatically marching in step. McGregor takes this militaristic scene of “marching men” back to Chicago and applies it to union organizing.}, year = {1917}, pages = {314 p.}, publisher = {John Lane Company}, address = {New York}, language = {English}, }