Trapped Under Coal Valley
Trapped Under Coal Valley

Author: Terry Brazier

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2015-06-15

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1504915917

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On a cold February morning in 1908, the ground under Coal Valley, Illinois, trembled as an earthquake opened the earth, collapsed mining tunnels, and created chasms and fissures as deep as five hundred feet below the rolling hills. It would forever be known as Coal Valleys great cave-in. Thirteen men lay trapped for three months as tensions rose among the townspeople, rescuers, and families of the trapped miners. One rescue attempt after another failed due to aftershocks, weather, and just plain bad luck. The dangers were great below ground, but the twisted minds of some of the towns inhabitants made the danger even greater at the surface. A story of adventure, suspense, greed, romance, fantasy, and redemption that will leave the reader wondering who or what was actually trapped under Coal Valley. Was it just the miners, the apparitions that they faced, or was it the underground dwellers whose intelligence was advancing at such a rapid pace that they were preparing for their place in the sun?

Coal River
Coal River

Author: Ellen Marie Wiseman

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation

Published: 2020-04-28

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1496730011

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Includes an excerpt from The orphan collector.

Mining Disasters of the Wyoming Valley
Mining Disasters of the Wyoming Valley

Author: Bryan Glahn

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2016-02-22

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1439655731

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Ten-year-old Willie Hatton was excited to visit his father at the Avondale Mine on the morning of September 6, 1869. Sadly, Willie would die in his father’s arms that day, and so would 108 other miners, all victims of a horrific fire that tore through the shaft, trapping the men and boys and blocking the only exit. The communities of the Wyoming Valley know firsthand the human cost of the anthracite industry. From a cave-in at Twin Shaft to an explosion at the Baltimore Tunnel to the Susquehanna River crashing through the roof at Knox, thousands of miners left for work in the morning never to return. Sadly, few of the tragedies could be called accidents. Profits took precedence over safety, leaving workers to pay the price for negligence, corruption, and greed.

Coal River
Coal River

Author: Michael Shnayerson

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2008-01-08

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780374125141

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One of Americas most dramatic environmental battles is unfolding in the coal mines of southern West Virginia. Shnayerson gives readers a novelistic and compelling portrait of the people who have risked their reputations and livelihoods in the fight against King Coal.

The Coal River Valley in the Civil War
The Coal River Valley in the Civil War

Author: Michael B Graham

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2020-08-17

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1625851928

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A “compelling” account of the little-known bloody skirmishes that took place in this picturesque part of West Virginia (Civil War Monitor). The three rivers that make up the Coal River Valley—Big, Little and Coal—were named by explorer John Peter Salling (or Salley) for the coal deposits found along their banks. More than one hundred years later, the picturesque valley that would separate from Virginia a short time later was witness to a multitude of bloody skirmishes between Confederate and Union forces in the Civil War. Often-overlooked battles at Boone Court House, Coal River, Pond Fork, and Kanawha Gap introduced the beginning of “total war” tactics years before General Sherman used them in his March to the Sea. Join historian Michael Graham as he expertly details the compelling human drama of the bitterly contested Coal River Valley region during the War Between the States. Includes illustrations

Trapped by Coal
Trapped by Coal

Author: Constance Horne

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Depicts life in the early 1900's in a coal mining town in British Columbia.

Bold Pursuit
Bold Pursuit

Author: Terry Brazier

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2023-03-21

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13:

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A pandemic rages on Earth. Violence runs rampant in the streets. The U.S. and its adversaries struggle to control the mysterious virus robbing its victims of their memories. The Center for Disease Control and the Environmental Protection Agency represented by the brother and sister team of Nick and Ann Barbeck race to find a cure. Their search takes them on a 4,200-mile journey aboard the EPA’s research vessel, the Bold, as they strive to reach the Center for Disease Control and Prevention located in Seattle. There, they hope to experiment with the gene technology CRISPR. Enemies, both foreign and domestic, attempt to thwart their efforts at every turn. The world’s largest research computer, Stampede2, located at the University of Texas, aids them in their quest for a cure utilizing artificial intelligence. Just when success appears imminent, enemies commandeer the Bold taking the crew and scientists prisoner. Stampede2 predicts World War III. Can the DNA of one of the researchers save humanity? Bold Pursuit, an action packed adventure filled with suspense, reaffirms one’s faith in humanity. Heroes can be found irrespective of territorial boundaries and true love found in the most unlikely places.