Monongah
The Tragic Story of the Worst Industrial Accident in US History
Mcateer, Davitt
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
To commemorate the hundreds of victims of the December 6, 1907 Monongah mine disaster in Monongah, West Virginia, the West Virginia University Press is honored to release--on the centennial anniversary of this disaste--Monongah, The Tragic Story of the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster, the Worst Industrial Accident in US History by West Virginia native Davitt McAteer. McAteer has long been a champion of mine safety and served as Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health in the US Department of Labor during the Clinton administration. His exhaustive research tracking down Monongah victims' survivors and descendants proves that close to 500 (not the "official" report of 362) men and boys--many of them immigrants--lost their lives that day, leaving hundreds of women widowed and over 1,000 children orphaned.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1933202297
Dewey Decimal: 976
Book Publisher: West Virginia Univ Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 331
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