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Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters

Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters Paperback / softback - 2006

by Robert Hartley

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Paperback / softback. New. Examines two of the most devastating coal mine disasters in United States history since 1928. Robert E. Hartley and David Kenney explain the causes of the accidents, identify who was to blame, and detail the emotional impact the disasters had on the survivors, their families, and their communities.
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  • Title Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters
  • Author Robert Hartley
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition New
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Illinois
  • Date July 24, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780809327065
  • ISBN 9780809327065 / 0809327066
  • Weight 0.96 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.38 x 0.69 in (23.52 x 16.21 x 1.75 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Geographic Orientation: Illinois
    • Holiday: Christmas
  • Library of Congress subjects Coal mine accidents - Illinois - Centralia, Mine explosions - Illinois - Centralia
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006001169
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.119

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Citations

  • Scitech Book News, 12/01/2006, Page 143

About the author

Robert E. Hartley and David Kenney are the authors of An Uncertain Tradition: U.S. Senators from Illinois, 1818-2003. Robert E. Hartley, a journalist for the Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers in Illinois from 1962 to 1979, is the author of Lewis and Clark in Illinois Country: The Little-Told Story and Paul Powell of Illinois: A Lifelong Democrat. David Kenney served in the cabinet of Illinois Governor James Thompson and has taught political science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is the author of A Political Passage: The Career of Stratton of Illinois and the coauthor of Basic Illinois Government: A Systematic Explanation.

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