Coal in Our Veins : A Personal Journey
Thomas, Erin Ann
Coal in Our Veins : A Personal Journey - Utah State University Press 2012
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Winner of the 2012 Evans Biography and Handcart Award, Coal in Our Veins employs historical research, autobiography, and journalism to intertwine the history of coal, her ancestors' lives mining coal, and the societal and environmental impacts of the United States' dependency on coal as an energy source. In the first part of the book, she visits Wales, native ground of British coal mining and of her emigrant ancestors. The Thomases' move to the coal region of Utah, where they witnessed the Winter Quarters and Castle Gate mine explosions two of the worst mining disasters in American history and the history of coal development in Utah are explored in the second part.
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j.ctt4cgrkb 9780874218657;9781607327073
10.2307/j.ctt4cgrkb doi
History Coal Coal mining Mining
Coal in Our Veins : A Personal Journey - Utah State University Press 2012
Open Access
Winner of the 2012 Evans Biography and Handcart Award, Coal in Our Veins employs historical research, autobiography, and journalism to intertwine the history of coal, her ancestors' lives mining coal, and the societal and environmental impacts of the United States' dependency on coal as an energy source. In the first part of the book, she visits Wales, native ground of British coal mining and of her emigrant ancestors. The Thomases' move to the coal region of Utah, where they witnessed the Winter Quarters and Castle Gate mine explosions two of the worst mining disasters in American history and the history of coal development in Utah are explored in the second part.
Creative Commons
English
j.ctt4cgrkb 9780874218657;9781607327073
10.2307/j.ctt4cgrkb doi
History Coal Coal mining Mining