Book and Video List

THE MOLLIES WERE MEN
The Final Chapter (Second Edition)
by Dr. Tom Barrett, Author
Publication Date: January 6, 2003
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Historical Account of the Molly Maguires
"The True Illustrated Story of the Origin, Depredation and Decay of a Terrorist Secret
Organization in the Pennsylvania Coal Fields During and Following the Civil War"
By A. Monroe Aurand, Jr.
32 pages, softcover. A view of the Molly Maguire organization, last printed 1982.
These are new and unused, unread copies recently purchased.
Price: $10.00

The Death of Franklin B. Gowen, 1889
This is a photocopy of news articles from NY, Phila and Washington, DC on the apparent suicide of
Franklin B. Gowen, the ex-President of the Reading Railroad, after having been found dead in his hotel
room in Wormley's Hotel in Washington on December 13, 1889
Franklin B. Gowen was instrumental in the ultimate destruction of the Molly Maguire organization in the late 1870's.
Included is what appears to be a copy of the Phila Inquirer news reporter's typewritten account in preparation to go to print.
Other articles prepared for print included: "Mr. Gowen's Career";
"Sold Mr. Gowen the Revolver";
"Gowen a complete monopolist";
"Gowen as Ruthless with Competitors as with Unions";
"Death of the Union, Really How Gowen Smashed It";
apparently the reporter included reprints from articles in 1861
about Gowen's activity in anti-unionism and describing the big miners' strike in 1875.
Very good accounts of the coal operators and miners difficulties of the time.
There is an article titled "Had Gowen a Double?",
in which an ex-Mollly Maguire alleges that Molly Maguires
had followed Gowen for years in an attempt to avenge their organization, with Gowen allegedly having hired
a body double, in order to prevent his assassination.
Also included is a "Letter to the Editor", undated, in which the writer, "Ex-Coal Miner" comments on a
previous Girard article on the Molly Maguires, bringing back a flood of memories.
He gave his recollections of the murder of John P. Jones, and having known Jones, Morgan Powell,
and reputed Molly Maguires Thomas Fisher, Alexander Campbell, and Hugh McGehan,
and knowing Jimmy Kerrigan by sight.
The article was signed "Ex-Coal Miner, Philadelphia, August 23" no year given.
There are a total of 57 pages, unbound.
Price: $19.99

Ireland, The Rough Guide. A visitors Guide to Ireland.
by Margaret Greenwood and Hildi Hawkins
568 pages, softcover. A tourist's guide to Ireland and its special places.
Excellent Used Condition, Price: $5.00

Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847, Prelude to Hatred
by Thomas Gallagher
338 pages, softcover.
The potato famine: In less than two years, two million Irish-
one quarter of their population- had died from starvation and disease.
New condition, Price: $16.00

The Hundredth Year, The United States in 1876, by John D. Bergamini
A 387 page hardcover book published in 1976, which chronicles national newsworthy events in 1876, including the Molly Maguires.
Very good used condition, with dust jacket.
Price: $30.00

American Labor, a Pictorial Social History
by M. B. Schnapper
An excellent pictorial and text coverage of the rise of the labor movement in the USA,
including the rise and fall of the Molly Maguires.
Covers child labor, strikes and labor riots.
1250 rare illustrations, over 75,000 words on 575 pages.
This is a large book, a comprehensive coverage of early labor.
Book is in like new, but used conditon, with dust jacket and plastic dust jacket protector.
Price: $49.00

The Molly Maguires VHS movie, 1970, filmed mostly in Eckley, Pa. starring Sean Connery and Samantha Eggar
Good used condition: Price $12.00

The Irish in America, by James E. Johnson, fifth printing, 1971.
A 78 page hardcover book tells about life in early Ireland, the potato famine, the emigration to the US,
and gives short histories and biographies of notable people and events, including the Molly Maguires and James McParlan.
The book is in excellent used condition, originally was a school library book.
Price: $15.00

The Mollie Maguires and the Detectives, by Allan Pinkerton
Pinkerton's account of Molly Maguire activity and his successful efforts to crush the organization.
Printed in 1877.
Excellent Condition. Rare. Hardcover. 552 Pages. $100.00

We also offer exerpted testimony from the Alexander Campbell trial held in Carbon County, Pa.
in 1876, of James McParlan and Jimmy (Powderkeg) Kerrigan.
These two testimonies were the key pieces of evidence which ultimately convicted many of the condemned.
Each testimony is printed onto continuous tractor paper, unbound.
Also available on disk or download.
Your choice of either testimony, $19.99

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Last Book List Update, March 15, 2005