[Signed] [First Edition] (Association Copy) The Plight of...

RARE. First Edition in dust jacket. Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front fly leaf - "To Aunt Ann and Uncle Jim, in loving appreciation Homer L. Morris June 10, 1934". Near Fine, slight toning to end papers, in a Very Good dust jacket, small round hole at spine, several small edge tears and chips, jacket lightly soiled. xiv, 253 pp., with Appendix: "England Transfers Her Surplus Miners": p. 230-247. The author interviewed over 900 coal miners in Kentucky and West Virginia in this classic Depression era study performed under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee. Contents: The plight of the coal industry --How many miners are needed -- The unemployed miner and his family --Once a miner always a miner --The training and skill of miners -- Living in company controlled communities --Extent and effects of unemployment --What's the miner thinking --How can mining be improved --The economic status of miners --What do miners want to do --The rehabilitation of displaced miners --Rehabilitation a frontier of social justice. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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