| Anthracite Roots: Generations of Coal Mining in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Contributor(s): Leonard III, Joseph W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1596290501 ISBN-13: 9781596290501 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: 331.762 |
| LCCN: 2005007558 |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.61" W x 8.44" (0.50 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The lives of coal miners in the United States, like the black rock they cut from the earth, are wrought by the forces of time and pressure. Risking crippling injury and death, generations of miners have tunneled down from the surface and emerged at the en |
Contributor Bio(s): Leonard III, Joseph W.: - Joe Leonard is former Dean of Engineering at West Virginia University and is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Mining Engineering at the University of Kentucky. He is a gifted inventor with 26 registered patents, and he has published several hundred articles in a variety of periodicals and journals, spanning a vast range of subject matter. This is his nineteenth book. |