Making Sense of the Molly Maguires

In Pennsylvania in the 1870s, 20 Irish immigrants, suspected of comprising a secret terrorist organization called the Molly Maguires, were executed for the murder of 16 men. Combining social and cultural history, this work offers a new explanation of who the Molly Maguires were and in the process, vividly retells one of the classic stories of American labor and immigration. Photos. 368 pp.