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Lost mountain : a year in the vanishing wilderness : radical strip mining and the devastation of Appalachia / Erik Reece ; foreword by Wendell Berry ; photographs by John J. Cox.
Van Pelt Library TD195.S75 R43 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reece, Erik.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Strip mining--Environmental aspects--Appalachian Region.
- Strip mining.
- Strip mining--Environmental aspects.
- Appalachian Region.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Riverhead Books, 2006.
- Summary:
- This groundbreaking work of literary nonfiction exposes how radical strip mining is destroying one of America's most precious natural resources and the communities that depend upon it.
- Contents:
- The New Canary 6
- September 2003-Lost Mountain 11
- Coal: An Autobiography 15
- October 2003-Lost Mountain 21
- Which Side Are You On? (Part 1) 26
- November 2003-Lost Mountain 31
- The Power to Move Mountain 35
- December 2003-Lost Mountain 39
- "Was It All By Design?" 42
- January 2004-Lost Mountain 51
- Which Side Are You On? (Part 2) 57
- February 2004-Lost Mountain 67
- On Bad Creek 73
- March 2004-Lost Mountain 83
- What Is a Flying Squirrel Worth? 88
- April 2004-Lost Mountain 99
- Acts of God 108
- May 2004-Lost Mountain 117
- Whitewash in Martin County 123
- June 2004-Lost Mountain 139
- The Ecovillage 149
- July 2004-Lost Mountain 157
- Which Side Are You On? (Part 3) 165
- August 2004-Lost Mountain 175
- Rfk in Eky 179
- September 2004-Lost Mountain 197
- Before the Law 207.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250).
- ISBN:
- 1594489084
- OCLC:
- 61731513
- Publisher Number:
- 9781594489082
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