Guns of Lattimer: The True Story of a Massacre and a Trial 8/1897-3/1898

by Michael Novak

Tells of how an armed posse in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, in 1897 fired into a crowd of mine workers marching to call their fellow miners, mainly new immigrants, out on strike, which resulted in the deaths of nineteen demonstrators

Genres: History

276 pages, cloth

First published November 1, 1978

About the author

Michael Novak is an American Catholic philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat. He is George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy at the American Enterprise Institute

Novak served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 1981 and 1982 and led the U.S. delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe in 1986.

In 1993 Novak was honored with an honorary doctorate degree at Universidad Francisco Marroquín] due to his commitment to the idea of liberty. In 1994 he was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.

Reviews

[Sharon Pruchnik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written decades ago about an event more than a hundred years ago, this story and Michael Novak's telling of it is compelling and relevant. So glad I came upon this one.

[Padraic · Rating 5 out of 5]

Long before he became a shill for rich Republicans, Novak wrote an account of what happened to eastern Europeans in Anthracite Country who took freedom seriously. Undercuts just about every "economic" work he subsequently wrote (including the execrable Spirit of Demoncratic Capitalism).

[Virginia Rafferty · Rating 5 out of 5]

A depiction of an immigrant struggle that has relevance for today.