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- Book Title
- Reckoning at Eagle Creek : the Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland
- Publication Name
- Reckoning at Eagle Creek
- Title
- Reckoning at Eagle Creek
- Subtitle
- The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780809333868
- ISBN
- 9780809333868
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Nature, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Mining, Public Policy / Energy Policy, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Natural Resources
- Release Year
- 2014
- Release Date
- 30/09/2014
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 16.7 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 328 Pages
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Set in the ruins of his family's strip-mined homestead in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois, award-winning journalist and historian Jeff Biggers delivers a deeply personal portrait of the overlooked human and environmental costs of our nation's dirty energy policy. Beginning with the policies of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, chronicling the removal of Native Americans and the hidden story of legally sanctioned black slavery in the land of Lincoln, Reckoning at Eagle Creek vividly describes the mining wars for union recognition and workplace safety, and the devastating consequences of industrial strip-mining. At the heart of our national debate over climate change and the crucial transition toward clean energy, Biggers exposes the fallacy of "clean coal" and shatters the marketing myth that southern Illinois represents the "Saudi Arabia of coal." Reckoning at Eagle Creek is ultimately an expose of "historicide," one that traces coal's harrowing legacy through the great American family saga of sacrifice and resiliency and the extraordinary process of recovering our nation's memory.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN-10
0809333864
ISBN-13
9780809333868
eBay Product ID (ePID)
202424769
Product Key Features
Book Title
Reckoning at Eagle Creek : the Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Mining, Public Policy / Energy Policy, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Natural Resources
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Nature, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
328 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Tn799.6.I3b54 2014
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Part historical narrative, part family memoir, part pastoral paean, and part jeremiad against the abuse of the land and of the men who gave and continue to give their lives to (and often for) the mines, [Reckoning at Eagle Creek] puts a human face on the industry that supplies nearly half of America's energy...it offers a rare historical perspective on the vital yet little considered industry, along with a devastating critique of the myth of 'clean coal.' "-- Publishers Weekly "[An] enriching history and an important look at the staggering human and environmental costs of mining."-- Kirkus Reviews "Biggers offers much that's new, especially concerning events in the coalfields of southern Illinois, where his grandfather worked in the pits, where strip mining began, where Mother Jones organized workers, and where some of our nation's fiercest labor battles were fought."-- Scott Russell Sanders, Orion Magazine, "This is a world-shaking, belief-rattling, immensely important book. If you're an American, it is almost a patriotic duty to read it." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love "Part historical narrative, part family memoir, part pastoral paean, and part jeremiad against the abuse of the land and of the men who gave and continue to give their lives to (and often for) the mines, [ Reckoning at Eagle Creek ] puts a human face on the industry that supplies nearly half of America's energy...it offers a rare historical perspective on the vital yet little considered industry, along with a devastating critique of the myth of 'clean coal.' "-- Publishers Weekly "[An] enriching history and an important look at the staggering human and environmental costs of mining."-- Kirkus Reviews "Biggers offers much that's new, especially concerning events in the coalfields of southern Illinois, where his grandfather worked in the pits, where strip mining began, where Mother Jones organized workers, and where some of our nation's fiercest labor battles were fought."-- Scott Russell Sanders, Orion Magazine, "This is a world-shaking, belief-rattling, immensely important book. If you're an American, it is almost a patriotic duty to read it." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love "Part historical narrative, part family memoir, part pastoral paean, and part jeremiad against the abuse of the land and of the men who gave and continue to give their lives to (and often for) the mines, [ Reckoning at Eagle Creek ] puts a human face on the industry that supplies nearly half of America's energy... it offers a rare historical perspective on the vital yet little considered industry, along with a devastating critique of the myth of 'clean coal.'"-- Publishers Weekly "[An] enriching history and an important look at the staggering human and environmental costs of mining."-- Kirkus Reviews "Biggers offers much that's new, especially concerning events in the coalfields of southern Illinois, where his grandfather worked in the pits, where strip mining began, where Mother Jones organized workers, and where some of our nation's fiercest labor battles were fought."-- Scott Russell Sanders, Orion Magazine, "This is a world-shaking, belief-rattling, immensely important book. If you're an American, it is almost a patriotic duty to read it." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love "Part historical narrative, part family memoir, part pastoral paean, and part jeremiad against the abuse of the land and of the men who gave and continue to give their lives to (and often for) the mines, [Reckoning at Eagle Creek] puts a human face on the industry that supplies nearly half of America's energy...it offers a rare historical perspective on the vital yet little considered industry, along with a devastating critique of the myth of 'clean coal.' "-- Publishers Weekly "[An] enriching history and an important look at the staggering human and environmental costs of mining."-- Kirkus Reviews "Biggers offers much that's new, especially concerning events in the coalfields of southern Illinois, where his grandfather worked in the pits, where strip mining began, where Mother Jones organized workers, and where some of our nation's fiercest labor battles were fought."-- Scott Russell Sanders, Orion Magazine
Copyright Date
2010
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2014-943003
Dewey Decimal
333.73/1309773992
Series
Shawnee Bks.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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