Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster

Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster
ISBN-10
0743421957
ISBN-13
9780743421959
Series
Trapped
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2003-09-17
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
Karen Tintori

Description

The granddaughter of a survivor recounts the tragedy that killed 259 miners, describing the fire that devastated a coal mine in Cherry, Illinois, the trial that followed, and the implications for workers' compensation laws.

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