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Author: Patricia M. Osborne
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Published: 2020-03-09
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780995710719
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCaught up in a web of treachery and deceit, George grows up believing his mother sold him. He's determined to make her pay, but at what cost? Is he strong enough to rebel? Will George ever learn to forgive?
Author: Henry Kowalewski
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Published: 2023-04-20
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781960399687
DOWNLOAD EBOOKI wrote this short story or booklet, so my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren would have some knowledge of their heritage. Also, I felt that I had a great life growing up. My mom and dad were very good to us. They took good care of us 4 kids.. we always had food on table and clean clothes to wear. That is why I am dedicating this book to them.I have had a great life. I married the love of my life and we have 3 wonderful children. They are very special and very hard workers . We have been married for 60 great years. I have been blessed with such a great life and would not change it. I love my wife with all my heart and my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. I hope you have enjoyed reading my book.
Author: Dwight Norris
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2014-12-02
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781503271692
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohnny McCarthy is a third generation coal miner whose father and grandfather died in the coal mines of Ireland. Johnny digs coal for the Stone Mountain Coal Company in Matewan, West Virginia in the early 1920s. He is staunchly devoted to his family and the coal company based on the loyalties his father has taught him. But in W.Va, he faces the challenge of union organizing, workplace violence, and the difficulty of providing enough food and clothing for his family. In addition, he deals on a daily basis with the dangers of the mine, including explosion, cave-ins, darkness, and rats. And don't forget the low pay in scrip along with the company store, the company preacher, the company school, and the company doctor. The coal miner's son is caught up in the historic choices he must make between hopeless servitude and the life-threatening dangers of joining the union. "Johnny McCarthy, A Coal Miner's Son" is the story of one miner's adventure that takes him beyond the Matewan Massacre to finding out who he really is. No dull passages here. This book is raw, gritty, and filled with suspense. Truly hard to put down.
Author: William R. Holland
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2005-01-31
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 1664172939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilliam S. Holland: father, brother, husband, businessman, builder, factory worker, state employee, schoolboy, soldier, honored veteran of WWII and friend to thousands. This is the story of his life, full of love and loss, from his small upbringing as the son of an Ohio coal miner to the distinguished family man and community leader he is today. Follow his journey through his words in this truly American tale.
Author: Sid Waddell
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 320
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a family saga set amid the pit villages of the North East. This title provides a picture of a colourful, tight knit community full of good times and hard work, god-fearing women and hard-drinking men.
Author: Ellen Marie Wiseman
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2015-11-24
Total Pages: 403
ISBN-13: 1617734489
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis eye-opening novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan Collector delivers “a spot-on portrayal of a dark time in American history” (Historical Novel Society, Editor’s Choice). Ellen Marie Wiseman draws readers into the Pennsylvania mining operations of the early 20th century—where children had no choice but to work in deadly conditions . . . or face starvation. As a child, Emma Malloy left isolated Coal River, Pennsylvania, vowing never to return. Now, orphaned and penniless at nineteen, she accepts a train ticket from her aunt and uncle and travels back to the rough-hewn community. Treated like a servant by her relatives, Emma works for free in the company store. There, miners and their impoverished families must pay inflated prices for food, clothing, and tools, while those who owe money are turned away to starve. Most heartrending of all are the breaker boys Emma sees around the village—young children who toil all day sorting coal amid treacherous machinery. Their soot-stained faces remind Emma of the little brother she lost long ago, and she begins leaving stolen food on families’ doorsteps, and marking the miners’ bills as paid. Though Emma’s actions draw ire from the mine owner and police captain, they lead to an alliance with a charismatic miner who offers to help her expose the truth. And as the lines blur between what is legal and what is just, Emma must risk everything to follow her conscience. “Wiseman offers heartbreaking and historically accurate depictions of the dangerous mines, the hopeless workers, and their improbable fight for justice.” —Publishers Weekly
Author: Catherine A. Welch
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Published: 1992-01-01
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 0876146930
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBecause of family need, an eight-year-old coal miner's son in 1885 leaves school to work at the mines, where he learns about the dangers of a coal mine on his first day on the job.
Author: James O. Russell
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9781567220148
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Cardone
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Published: 199?
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William R. Holland
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Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 1413474020
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilliam S. Holland: father, brother, husband, businessman, builder, factory worker, state employee, schoolboy, soldier, honored veteran of WWII and friend to thousands. This is the story of his life, full of love and loss, from his small upbringing as the son of an Ohio coal miner to the distinguished family man and community leader he is today. Follow his journey through his words in this truly American tale.
