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Digging Dusky Diamonds: A History of the Pennsylvania Coal Region

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Availability:In StockContributor:John R. LindermuthPublish date:2013-09-15Pages:162
Language:EnglishPublisher:Sunbury Press, Inc.ISBN-13:9781620062685ISBN-10:1620062682UPC:9781620062685Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:State & Local, 19th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.4696Product ID:SC5BG2C2MX

Based on contemporary newspaper accounts and genealogical records, Digging Dusky Diamonds tells the story of the people who made the anthracite coal mining industry a major economic force in Pennsylvania in the 19th and early 20th centuries. How the miners and their families lived and worked, loved and died is recorded in old newspapers and reveals their daily concerns, their diversions, social attitudes and prejudices. The accounts reveal what was different about those people and what has remained constant in us, their descendants. Though the focus is mainly on Northumberland and Schuylkillcounties, similar conditions prevailed across the anthracite mining region. About the author: A native of Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, J. R. Lindermuth worked as a newspaper reporter and editor for nearly 40 years. Since retiring, he has served as librarian of the Northumberland County Historical Society where he assists patrons with genealogy and research. He is the author of 12 novels and his short stories and articles have been published in a variety of magazines. He is a member of International Thriller Writers, EPIC and the Short Mystery Society. He is the father of two grown children and has four grandsons. To learn more about the author, visit his website at http: //www.jrlindermuth.net

Language:EnglishPublisher:Sunbury Press, Inc.ISBN-13:9781620062685ISBN-10:1620062682UPC:9781620062685Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:State & Local, 19th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.4696Product ID:SC5BG2C2MX
Publisher: Sunbury Press, Inc.

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