What is the importance of Blair Mountain in the nonfiction book, What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia?

Located in Logan County, West Virginia, Blair Mountain and its surrounding region are the site of the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest labor uprising in United States history, which occurred between coal miners and their managers. More recently, coal companies clashed with environmentalists when the former managed to get the mountain de-listed from the National Register, so they could perform mountaintop removal.