A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska
- ISBN-10
- 0439445612
- ISBN-13
- 9780439445610
- Category
- Coal miners
- Pages
- 219
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Author
- Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Description
A diary account of thirteen-year-old Anetka's life in Poland in 1896, immigration to America, marriage to a coal miner, widowhood, and happiness in finally finding her true love.
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