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REDNECKS: A NOVEL by Taylor Brown with Jeffrey Dale Lofton

Taylor Brown discusses his new novel with Jeffrey Dale Lofton. Winner of the Southern Book Prize for Fiction An NPR Best Book of 2024 An Atlanta Journal-Constitution Best Southern Book of 2024 Co-winner of the 2024 Weatherford Award in Fiction Audie Award for Best Fiction A historical drama based on the Battle of Blair Mountain, pitting a multi-ethnic army of 10,000 coal miners against mine owners, state militia, and the United States government in the largest labor uprising in American history. Rednecks is a tour de force, big canvas historical novel that dramatizes the 1920 to 1921 events of the West Virginia Mine Wars―from the Matewan Massacre through the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed conflict on American soil since the Civil War, when some one million rounds were fired, bombs were dropped on Appalachia, and the term “redneck” would come to have an unexpected origin story. Brimming with the high stakes drama of America’s buried history, REDNECKS tells a powerful story of rebellion against oppression. In a land where the coal companies use violence and intimidation to keep miners from organizing, “Doc Moo" Muhanna, a Lebanese-American doctor (inspired by the author’s own great-grandfather), toils amid the blood and injustice of the mining camps. When Frank Hugham, a Black World War One veteran and coal miner, takes dramatic steps to lead a miners' revolt with a band of fellow veterans, Doc Moo risks his life and career to treat sick and wounded miners, while Frank's grandmother, Beulah, fights her own battle to save her home and grandson. Real-life historical figures burn bright among the hills: the fiery Mother Jones, an Irish-born labor organizer once known as "The Most Dangerous Woman in America," struggles to maintain the ear of the miners ("her boys") amid the tide of rebellion, while the sharp-shooting police chief "Smilin" Sid Hatfield dares to stand up to the "gun thugs" of the coal companies, becoming a folk hero of the mine wars. Award-winning novelist Taylor Brown brings to life one of the most compelling events in 20th century American history, reminding us of the hard-won origins of today's unions. REDNECKS is a propulsive, character-driven tale that’s both a century old and blisteringly contemporary: a story of unexpected friendship, heroism in the face of injustice, and the power of love and community against all odds. Taylor Brown is a recipient of the Montana Prize in Fiction and the Rash Award, a three-time finalist for the Southern Book Prize, and was named the Georgia Author of the Year for Literary Fiction. He’s the author of a short story collection and six novels: FALLEN LAND, THE RIVER OF KINGS, GODS OF HOWL MOUNTAIN, PRIDE OF EDEN, WINGWALKERS, and REDNECKS. He lives in Savannah, Georgia, and runs a custom motorcycle publication, BIKEBOUND. Jeffrey Dale Lofton is co-host of the INSIDE VOICES podcast with Robert Gwaltney. His debut novel, RED CLAY SUZIE, was Longlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and twice named an Indie Next Pick by the American Booksellers Association. He is 2024 Georgia Author of the Year, the Pat Conroy Literary Center Spring 2024 Writer-in-Residence, and a Senior Advisor at the Library of Congress. You can learn more about him at JeffreyDLofton.com.