Download or read book The Road to Lattimer written by Virginia Rafferty and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four couples fled their European homes, desperate to escape the poverty, war, and tyranny. Seeking a better life, they embarked for America, relocating to coal towns in eastern Pennsylvania. They lived in squalor, faced discrimination, and endured danger. In the summer of 1897, unrest erupted among miners in the coal towns.