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ISBN:
Category : West Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The Tennants of West Virginia
Author: The Encyclopedic Digest of Virginia and West Virginia Reports
Author: Thomas Johnson MichiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia
Author: Bernard Lee ButcherPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806348496
Category : Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
Memories of J. Ross Tennant and a Genealogy of the Family Originated by Richard Tennant
Author: J. Ross TennantWest Virginians in the American Revolution
Author: Ross B. JohnstonPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806307625
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Revolutionary War soldiers identified in this work lived at one time or another in what is now the State of West Virginia, their military duties having been discharged in the service of other states, notably Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland. The data given for each soldier typically includes the name, age, date of birth, service record, date pension applied for and granted, place of residence, names of wife and children, and, in support of the pension claim, comrades-in-arms.
Exposure
Author: Robert BilottPublisher: Atria Books
ISBN: 1501172824
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
“For Erin Brockovich fans, a David vs. Goliath tale with a twist” (The New York Times Book Review)—the incredible true story of the lawyer who spent two decades building a case against DuPont for its use of the hazardous chemical PFOA, uncovering the worst case of environmental contamination in history—affecting virtually every person on the planet—and the conspiracy that kept it a secret for sixty years. The story that inspired Dark Waters, the major motion picture from Focus Features starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway, directed by Todd Haynes. 1998: Rob Bilott is a young lawyer specializing in helping big corporations stay on the right side of environmental laws and regulations. Then he gets a phone call from a West Virginia farmer named Earl Tennant, who is convinced the creek on his property is being poisoned by runoff from a neighboring DuPont landfill, causing his cattle and the surrounding wildlife to die in hideous ways. Earl hasn’t even been able to get a water sample tested by any state or federal regulatory agency or find a local lawyer willing to take the case. As soon as they hear the name DuPont—the area’s largest employer—they shut him down. Once Rob sees the thick, foamy water that bubbles into the creek, the gruesome effects it seems to have on livestock, and the disturbing frequency of cancer and other health problems in the area, he’s persuaded to fight against the type of corporation his firm routinely represents. After intense legal wrangling, Rob ultimately gains access to hundreds of thousands of pages of DuPont documents, some of them fifty years old, that reveal the company has been holding onto decades of studies proving the harmful effects of a chemical called PFOA, used in making Teflon. PFOA is often called a “forever chemical,” because once in the environment, it does not break down or degrade for millions of years, contaminating the planet forever. The case of one farmer soon spawns a class action suit on behalf of seventy thousand residents—and the shocking realization that virtually every person on the planet has been exposed to PFOA and carries the chemical in his or her blood. What emerges is a riveting legal drama “in the grand tradition of Jonathan Harr’s A Civil Action” (Booklist, starred review) about malice and manipulation, the failings of environmental regulation; and one lawyer’s twenty-year struggle to expose the truth about this previously unknown—and still unregulated—chemical that we all have inside us.
Memories of J. Ross Tennant and a Genealogy of the Family Originated by Richard Tennant of Glasgow, Scotland
Author: J. Ross TennantPublisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434405745
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Memories of J. Ross Tennant and a Genealogy of the Family Originated by Richard Tennant of Glasgow, Scotland (Vol. 4) This is Volume 4 of a lengthy family genealogical study, tracing the Tennant family back to Richard Tennant of Glasgow, Scotland.
Bulletin
Author: Corporation Report of Secretary of State
Author: West Virginia. Secretary of StatePublisher:
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Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Author: West Virginia