This book on the Molly Maguires is not historical. Yes, the author did some research, but then he just makes things up so that everything will appear to fit his conspiracy theory. The author claims the Mollies were framed and blames everything on the police and the prosecutors, like O.J. Simpson. Hopefully readers will not be misled into thinking this is what actually happened.There were a lot of people killed. beaten and robbed by the Molly Maguires. Of course there were sociological factors that made their lives difficult, but this is true about most immigrants. Most of them didn't form secret gangs to intimidate and kill people.Maybe the author will write another book showing how the police, judges and lawyers framed the Mafia.