Mary B. La Lone and 18 student researchers interviewed more than sixty people to document life styles of coal miners in the New River Valley, where coal is no longer mined. Miners and their families were dedicated to making a good life together and creating a real sense of community between themselves and those around them, with coal never far from their minds. La Lone provides an ethnographic overview of mining culture and practices. Photographs and maps.
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Mary B. La Lone and 18 student researchers interviewed more than sixty people to document life styles of coal miners in the New River Valley, where coal is no longer mined. Miners and their families were dedicated to making a good life together and creating a real sense of community between themselves and those around them, with coal never far from their minds. La Lone provides an ethnographic overview of mining culture and practices. Photographs and maps.
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Seller's Description:
Fine. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 373 pages, illustrated in b&w. "Fifty-one interviews with 61 different people who tell about their lives as coal miners, as wives of coal miners, and as daughters and sons of coal miners." FINE SOFTCOVER.
