Bonus Material for "Fight Like Hell"

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Reading Group members really dug into this book and here are suggestions for more information about some of the topics covered in the book.

Here are a couple from one eager reader:

  • The classic Coal Creek song is Uncle Dave Macon's "Roll Down the Line." Uncle Dave ("The Dixie Dewdrop," 1870-1952) grew up in his parents' Nashville boarding house for traveling show biz people. He plays banjo in a flashy, vaudeville-influenced, now-archaic style. You can read more about the song in Archie Green's Only a Miner.
  • Douglas Blackmon'sSlavery by Another Name is an excellent study of the convict leasing system. If you haven't got time to read a 468-page book, there's also an excellent PBS documentary on the subject.

And here are some more, from one who really dug deeply, listed by the chapter they relate to:

Four

Five

Six

SEVEN: THE CLEANERS

EIGHT: THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS

NINE: THE MOVERS

TEN

ELEVEN

TWELVE

THIRTEEN

EPILOGUE