TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGE[I. Challenge of Power]1[II. Coming of Coal]4[III. Drama of Civilization]10[IV. Coal in America]22[V. Awakening of the Miners]34[VI. Struggle for Organization]50[VII. Rise of Democracy]66[VIII. Rivals of Coal]78[IX. The Technical Revolution]90[X. The Strait Gate]90[Bibliography]114[Index]120CHAPTER I