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In the kingdom of coal : an American family and the rock that changed the world Dan Rottenberg
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HD 9550 .L4 R68 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rottenberg, Dan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leisenring family.
- Businessmen--United States--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Givens family.
- Coal miners--United States--Biography.
- Coal miners.
- Coal trade--United States--History.
- Coal trade.
- Coal mines and mining--United States--History.
- Coal mines and mining.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Contents:
- Mauch Chunk: "A rock that burns"; A passage from the mines; Holy trinity; Boy wonder of the anthracite; Souls in darkness; A road not taken
- Connellsville: The ambitions of Henry Clay Frick; At war in the coke fields; Starting over; The rise of John L. Lewis; Utopia goes union; Be careful what you wish for ; Prelude to murder
- To the Powder River: The age of uncertainty; Riding the roller coaster; Nowhere to hide.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-318) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415935229 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9780415935227 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9780203488560
- 0203488563
- OCLC:
- 52348860
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