Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-424) and index.
Harlan County, 1964-2009 : a love story -- The bear and the sycamore tree -- Of hardship and love -- Wars and peace -- These signs shall follow them -- Flush times and rough times -- A space of their own -- Miner's life -- Identities -- No neutrals there -- God, guns, and guts -- Harlan on our minds -- Exodus -- The other America -- Democracy and the mines -- Staying alive -- People I owe -- The narrators