Reckoning at Eagle Creek

The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Cultural historian Jeff Biggers takes us to the dark amphitheatre ruins of his family’s nearly 200-year-old hillside homestead that has been strip-mined on the edge of the first federally recognized Wilderness Site in southern Illinois. In doing so, he not only comes to grips with his own denied backwoods heritage, but also chronicles a dark and missing chapter in the American experience: the historical nightmare of coal outside of Appalachia, serving as an exposé of a secret legacy of shame and resiliency.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-09-24
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt456 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor300
FörlagSouthern Illinois University Press
ISBN9780809333868

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Jeff Biggers has worked as a writer, educator, radio correspondent and community organizer across the US, Europe, Mexico and India. Winner of an American Book Award, a Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award and a Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Journalism, his work has appeared in scores of magazines, newspapers and national public radio programs. He blogs frequently for the Huffington Post and Grist. His website is www.jeffbiggers.com.Biggers' new book, Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland, was first published in January 2010.