WTIP: Flames of Discontent

WTIP: North Shore Community Radio

March 12, 2018

Flames of Discontent (Gary Kaunonen) Historian and author Gary Kaunonen has written a new, award-winning history of a 1916 miner's strike on the Iron Range, "Flames of Discontent." Jay spoke with Gary about the strike and what it meant for the workers and the communities involved.

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