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Abstract:
This book has numerous first-person interviews with those individuals who lived and worked in the southern Appalachian coalfields. The people tell of their struggles through coal mine tragedies, union wars, floods, industrialization and often being at the mercy of the Federal Government. All of these events have formed Appalachia today. It has prescriptions for reform, celebrations of things that are worth preserving for the modern world, and paints a unique portrait of mountain people in their own words.
| |  | | Sago Mine Disaster (Featured Story) Appalachian Coalfield Stories
Abstract:
Why has it taken a disaster like Sago Mine, the death of 12 good men, the loss of wages, and the grief of this entire nation to see the need to address safety issues in the Appalachian coalfields? Coal is the backbone of this nation – that’s no secret. Coal is booming at this time but what about the coal miner? Little is known about the Appalachian coal miners. These miners have more at stake than a job here in these old mountains – buried underneath this black gold is his very soul. He will do whatever it takes to stay here on his little farm, crawl on his knees all day – work on his back in 2 foot coal so that he can hunt, fish and enjoy the cool mountain breeze.
Excerpt
Last Mantrip out of Sago Mine
By B. L. Dotson-Lewis
Summersville, W. Va.
January 4, 2006
I’m still reeling and stunned along with the rest of this nation by the events that took place this week at Sago No. 1 Mine in Upshur County, West Virginia.
On Tuesday, January 3, one day after the explosion in that mine, I traveled 84 miles to Tallmansville and Sago Mine because our coal-mining communities are closely connected. Members of my community are employed at that mine: Arnett Nicholas, Darrell Lucas, and Teddy Johnson, to name three.
A | |  | | The Girl from Stretchneck Holler: Inside Appalachia
What is so fascinating about Appalachia? Everything. The Appalachia is a state of mind-a place both physical and spiritual. A place people leave and long to return to. A place that shapes the thoughts and actions of those living there or who have ever lived there. A place in the heart. A place of violence, abject poverty, and natural rugged beauty. A place of horrible strife, survival, and resilience.
Buried deep in the hollers of the Appalachian Mountains is the symbol of a group of struggling working-class people pitted against coal barons. The growth of the coal culture-a culture colored by violence and killings, by threats, by abuse, and by the rape of mountains-has forced a reclusive, independent, tenacious people into subservience. They serve the coal that provides their livelihood, but the consequences are great. Rising out of this state of colonialism is male dominance which is an accepted norm. Sons learn from their fathers. Daughters learn from their mothers. The patt |
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Mr. Wizardo
by Eva Pasco
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 (Baxter Springs, Kansas) - Discover how a beloved high school guidance counselor twists fate on behalf of four troubled misfits, and turns their life around. |
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