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The day the earth caved in : an American mining tragedy Joan Quigley
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks TN 315 .Q54 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Quigley, Joan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mine fires--Pennsylvania--Centralia.
- Mine fires.
- Mine fires--Social aspects--Pennsylvania--Centralia.
- Mine gases--Pennsylvania--Centralia.
- Mine gases.
- Coal mines and mining--Pennsylvania--Centralia.
- Coal mines and mining.
- Centralia (Pa.)--History.
- Centralia (Pa.).
- Centralia (Pa.)--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 237 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, c2007.
- Summary:
- A look at the Centralia, Pennsylvania, mining disaster offers a portrait of the dying coal town, the scene of the nation's worst abandoned mine fire, and the families caught up in the disaster, discussing the struggle to provide a just remuneration to the victims.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-237).
- ISBN:
- 9781400061808 (alk. paper)
- 1400061806 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 71582285
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