Stories From The Colorado Coal Mines

About the Book

STORIES FROM THE COLORADO COAL MINES is a collection of George Ogle’s books of historical fi ction. The fi rst story focuses on events surrounding the “Ludlow Massacre” (1914) and the “Columbine Massacre” (1927). The second book revisits these same events, but with another look at the tumultuous period in between, that insured a disastrous outcome. The third is a story based on Japanese immigrant workers in the early 20th century. Four young Japanese men from different backgrounds meet aboard ship on their way to work in the USA. Each man forges his own adjustment to his new environment in the midst of death and racial tensions.

About the Author

George E. Ogle was a missionary for twenty years in South Korea mainly working in an urban ministry with men and women laboring in the factories of Inchun. He has written three books on Korea—two on his work and the history of labor, and a third book of historical fiction, How Long O Lord: Stories of Twentieth Century Korea (2002). After retiring to Lafayette, Colorado he published two more books of historical fiction, The Price of Colorado Coal: A Tale of Ludlow and Columbine (2006) and Cherry Blossom Comrades: a Story of Japanese Immigrants in Colorado Coalfields (2008). Ogle also writes poetry.