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Which Side Are You On?
Which Side Are You On?: The Story of a Song | George Ella Lyon
13 posts | 4 read | 2 to read
Which Side Are You On? tells the story of the classic union song that was written in 1931 by Florence Reece in a rain of bullets. It has been sung by people fighting for their rights all over the world. Florence's husband Sam was a coal miner in Kentucky. Many of the coal mines were owned by big companies, who kept wages low and spent as little money on safety as possible. Miners lived in company houses on company land and were paid in scrip, good only at the company store. The company owned the miners sure as sunrise. That's why they had to have a union. Miners went on strike until they could get better pay, safer working conditions, and health care. The company hired thugs to attack union organizers like Sam Reece. George Ella Lyon tells this hair-raising story through the eyes of one of Florence's daughters, a dry-witted, pig-tailed gal whose vantage point is from under the bed with her six brothers and sisters. The thugs' bullets hit the thin doors and windows of the company house and the kids lying low wonder whether they're going to make it out of this alive; wonder exactly if this strike will make their lives better or end them, but their mother keeps scribbling and singing. "We need a song," she tells her kids. That's not at all what they think they need. Graphic novelist Christopher Cardinale brings Florence's triumphant story to life in true rip-roaring union style. Selected as an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society and a 2012 Skipping Stones Honor Book.
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miapantalone

“They could have killed every one of you”

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miapantalone

I would use this to show my students that literature can be used with songs. I would also use this to teach my students to fight for what is right.

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miapantalone
Mehso-so

In George Ella Lyons book, Which side are you on? Published in 2011. The story is told of the classic union song that was written in 1931 by Florence Reece in a rain of bullets. It has been sung by people fighting for their rights all over the world.

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alliemyers

“They could have killed every one of you!“

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alliemyers

I would use this to show my students that literature can be used with songs. I would also use this to teach my students to fight for what is right.

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alliemyers
Pickpick

Fable, published 2011. Which Side Are You On? tells the story of the classic union song that was written in 1931 by Florence Reece in a rain of bullets. It has been sung by people fighting for their rights all over the world.

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Reagan.petersen

"They could have killed every one of you!"

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Reagan.petersen

I would use this to show my students that literature can be used with songs. I would also use this to teach my students to fight for what is right.

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Reagan.petersen
Pickpick

Fable, published 2011. Which Side Are You On? tells the story of the classic union song that was written in 1931 by Florence Reece in a rain of bullets. It has been sung by people fighting for their rights all over the world.

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sorrellkatie

“They could have killed every one of you!“

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sorrellkatie

I would use this to show my students that literature can be used with songs. I would also use this to teach my students to fight for what is right.

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sorrellkatie
Pickpick

Fable, published 2011. Which Side Are You On? tells the story of the classic union song that was written in 1931 by Florence Reece in a rain of bullets. It has been sung by people fighting for their rights all over the world.

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willaful
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Picture books, the last refuge of the desperate #URC participant. 😂 I really liked this though. It's imaginative and dryly funny and the author had feet on the ground.

Faranae This one is also in my TBR as a last resort for the work song prompt. 😂 I'm currently so mad because I just endured The Narrative of Arthur Gordan Pym of Nantucket and it does not contain a single shanty (not why I was reading it, but it would have been nice). 13mo
willaful @Faranae Did you give up on A Restless Truth?

I know I ran into another shanty scene somewhere recently, but it probably wasn't anything you'd want to read anyway.
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Faranae @willaful I haven't started it yet! It's lined up for the prompt, but it depends on if I managed to read it in time, given how many other prompts I still need to tackle. 13mo
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