A Trapper BoyPhoto, Detroit Publishing, circa 1900, public domain from Library of Congress Collection.
COAL CREEK REBELLION
by Jamie McKenzie
A Trapper Boy
Photo, Detroit Publishing, circa 1900, public domain from Library of Congress Collection.
The story begins in 1891.
Location: Coal Creek, Tennessee.
The State of Tennessee has brought convict labor to Coal Creek* to break the miners' union.
Fifteen year-old Lent Harris and his family are being evicted from the company house they have occupied for years. Determined to take a stand and resist the eviction order, the family finds itself facing three men with shotguns who underline their final warning by shooting the family's prize rooster.* Coal Creek is now Lake City, Tennessee, north of Knoxville, renamed after the TVA built a dam and a lake which covered much of the area. Map of the Area available from a site in Tennessee. Large file.
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Photo, Detroit Publishing, circa 1900, public domain from Library of Congress Collection.Read more of the plot summary
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Foreword
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The Song - "Coal Creek Troubles"
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