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Author: Carolyn Keene Publisher: Turtleback ISBN: 9780833591364 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages :
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Vacationing at the eight-hundred-acre ranch of her father's friend, Charlie Griffin, Nancy enjoys the horseback riding, hiking, and birdwatching, until the mystery of an untapped gold mine catches her attention.
Author: Carolyn Keene Publisher: Turtleback ISBN: 9780833591364 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages :
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Vacationing at the eight-hundred-acre ranch of her father's friend, Charlie Griffin, Nancy enjoys the horseback riding, hiking, and birdwatching, until the mystery of an untapped gold mine catches her attention.
Author: Carolyn Keene Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1481405322 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 135
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Carson Drew’s old friend Charlie invites Nancy and her friends to his eight-hundred-acre Highland Retreat in the Cascade Mountains where the legend of an untapped gold mine lingers.
Author: James Green Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic ISBN: 0802192092 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 447
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“The most comprehensive and comprehendible history of the West Virginia Coal War I’ve ever read.” —John Sayles, writer and director of Matewan On September 1, 1912, the largest, most protracted, and deadliest working-class uprising in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence. On the other side were fifty thousand mine workers, the nation’s largest labor union, and the legendary “miners’ angel,” Mother Jones. The fight for unionization and civil rights sparked a political crisis that verged on civil war, stretching from the creeks and hollows of the Appalachians to the US Senate. Attempts to unionize were met with stiff resistance. Fundamental rights were bent—then broken. The violence evolved from bloody skirmishes to open armed conflict, as an army of more than fifty thousand miners finally marched to an explosive showdown. Extensively researched and vividly told, this definitive book about an often-overlooked chapter of American history, “gives this backwoods struggle between capital and labor the due it deserves. [Green] tells a dark, often despairing story from a century ago that rings true today” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).
Author: Gerald M. Stern Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0307388492 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 305
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The "suspenseful and completely absorbing story" (San Francisco Chronicle) of how survivors of the worst coal-mining disaster in history triumphed over corporate irresponsibility—written by the young lawyer who took on their case and won. One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history. 125 people were killed instantly, more than 1,000 were injured, and over 4,000 were suddenly homeless. Instead of accepting the small settlements offered by the coal company's insurance offices, a few hundred of the survivors banded together to sue.
Author: Jeff Biggers Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com ISBN: 1458721841 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 430
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Cultural historian Jeff Biggers takes us to the dark amphitheatre ruins of his familys nearly 200 - year - old hillside homestead that has been strip - mined on the edge of the first federally recognized Wilderness Site in southern Illinois. In doing so' he not only comes to grips with his own denied backwoods heritage' but also chronicles a dark and missing chapter in the American experience; the historical nightmare of coal outside of Appalachia' serving as an expos of a secret legacy of shame and resiliency.
Author: Joseph M. Kurtak Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 238
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Going back over a period of 100 years, Mine in the Sky tells of the events leading up to the discovery and development of the great tungsten ore bodies at Pine Creek, California. Mine in the Sky recounts a history shaped by world politics, the ups and downs of metals demand, and economic survival through technological innovations. Using personal recollections, the book portrays the lives of the people who made the place what it was and found a home and sense of community in dramatic Pine Creek Canyon. This account is invaluable for mining historians as well as those interested in the history of the Eastern Sierra and the Owens Valley of California.
Author: Carolyn Keene
Author: Carolyn Keene
Author: Carolyn Keene
Author: Carolyn Keene
Author: James Green
Author: Gerald M. Stern
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Author: Joseph M. Kurtak