Coal Valley Cem
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Total Pages | : 28 |
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Total Pages | : 28 |
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Author | : Michael Shnayerson |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2008-01-08 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 142993316X |
One of America's most dramatic environmental battles is unfolding in southern West Virginia. Coal companies are blasting the mountains, decapitating them for coal. The forested ridge tops and valley streams of Appalachia—one of the country's natural treasures—are being destroyed, along with towns and communities. An entire culture is disappearing, and to this day, most Americans have no idea it's happening. Michael Shnayerson first traveled to the coal fields four years ago, on assignment for Vanity Fair. There he met an inspiring young lawyer named Joe Lovett, who was fighting mountaintop removal in court with a series of brilliant and daring lawsuits. He also met Judy Bonds, whose grassroots group, the Coal River Mountain Watch, was speaking out in a region where talking truth to power was both brave and dangerous. The two had joined forces to take on Massey Energy, the largest and most aggressive of the coal companies, and its swaggering, notorious chairman, Don Blankenship. Coal River is Shnayerson's account of this dramatic struggle. From courtroom to boardroom, forest clearing to factory floor, Shnayerson gives us a novelistic and compelling portrait of the people who risked their reputations and livelihoods in the fight against King Coal.
Author | : Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names |
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Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Illinois |
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Author | : Geological Survey (U.S.). Topographic Division. Branch of Geographic Names |
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Total Pages | : 908 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Illinois |
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Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Housing |
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Author | : Minda Powers-Douglas |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2010-03-08 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1439624445 |
Built on a ridge named for the great Native American spirit Manitou, Chippiannock Cemetery has honored the dead of Rock Island County for over 150 years. Chippiannock, which means "village of the dead" in the Sauk and Fox languages, is truly a village. People from all walks of life are buried in the majestic rolling grounds. From railroad and lumber barons to blacksmiths and riverboat captains, here one will find the people who made this land along the Mississippi River thrive. Upon stepping through the gates of Chippiannock, one finds memorials to the dead, ranging from artistic and stately to simple or humble. Each stone tells a story-whether it is a cenotaph in honor of Civil War major general John Buford or the two Dimick children who passed away on the same day in 1878 of diphtheria. Today Chippiannock remains an active, "living" cemetery, beloved by locals and considered a jewel of the Quad Cities.
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Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Mercer County (Ill.) |
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Author | : Paul Callens |
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Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Belgian Americans |
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Author | : Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names |
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Total Pages | : 1080 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Alabama |
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Author | : Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Geology |
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