Thunder on the Mountain - A Novel of 1936 (Audio cassette)

Western Pennsylvania oil country is one of the cradles of discontent in contemporary America. In Thunder on the Mountain, David Poyer revisits the terrible winter of 1936 when a strike at Thunder Oil Company is called after a refinery disaster exposes the company's contempt for worker safety. W.T. "Kid Nitro" Halvorsen, a young boxer and well shooter, becomes a leader of the strike against Daniel Thunner's family company. The strike draws national attention, and as unrest spreads in scale and fury, Halvorsen and Thunner must put their ideas of honor and morality to the test...