Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster

A gripping account of the worst coal mine fire in US history--the 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster that...
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Author: Karen Tintori
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Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster by Tintori, Karen

Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster

$50.30

Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster

$50.30
Author: Karen Tintori
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A gripping account of the worst coal mine fire in US history--the 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster that claimed the lives of 259 men. Drawing on diaries, letters, written accounts of survivors and testimony from the coroner's inquest...Tintori's engaging prose keeps readers on the edge (Publishers Weekly).

Inspired by a refrain of her girlhood--Your grandfather survived the Cherry Mine disaster--Karen Tintori began a search for her family's role in the harrowing tragedy of 1909. She uncovered the stories of victims, survivors, widows, orphans, townspeople, firefighters, reporters, and mine owners, and wove them together to pen Trapped, a riveting account of the tragic day that would inspire America's first worker's compensation laws and hasten much-needed child labor reform.

On a Saturday morning in November of 1909, four hundred and eighty men went down into the mines as they had countless times before. But a fire erupted in the mineshaft that day and soon burned out of control. By nightfall, more than half the men would either be dead or trapped as officials sealed the mine in an attempt to contain the blaze. Miraculously, twenty men would emerge one week later, but not before the Cherry Mine disaster went down in history as the worst ever coal mine fire in the US--and not before all the treachery and heroism of mankind were revealed.

Author: Karen Tintori
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 09/17/2003
Pages: 273
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.52w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780743421959

About the Author
Karen Tintori worked in journalism and public relations before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Michigan with her family.


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