The Day the Earth Caved In: An American Mining Tragedy - Paperback
by Joan Quigley
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780812971309ISBN-10:812971302UPC:9780812971309Book Category:History, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:United States, Mining, HistoryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.06 x 5.22 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.4696Product ID:SCV12B86X5
The Day the Earth Caved In: An American Mining Tragedy
Beginning on Valentine's Day, 1981, when twelve-year-old Todd Domboski plunged through the earth in his grandmother's backyard in Centralia, Pennsylvania, The Day the Earth Caved In is an unprecedented and riveting account of the nation's worst mine fire. In astonishing detail, award-winning journalist Joan Quigley, the granddaughter of Centralia miners, ushers readers into the dramatic world of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780812971309ISBN-10:812971302UPC:9780812971309Book Category:History, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:United States, Mining, HistoryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.06 x 5.22 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.4696Product ID:SCV12B86X5
Joan Quigley first glimpsed the Centralia mine fire at age fifteen, during her grandmother's funeral at St. Ignatius Cemetery. A former Miami Herald business reporter, she is a graduate of Princeton and of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She is a recipient of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award for this book.
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