In The Coal Mine Shadows

Author : Sarah Martin Byrd
Publisher : Ambassador International
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781620206355

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After a coal mine explosion kills her father in 1922, pretty little Mary Margaret “Mame” Blackwell is not willing to accept her mother’s hardscrabble plan for farming burley tobacco in rural West Virginia, but trying to survive in a nearly deserted coal mining town without a father in the early 1900s is anything but easy. Mame yearns for a way out of the sleepy little town of Beckley. When Mame eagerly leaves home on her first trip to Charleston at age 19, she meets tobacco heir Clint Paddington and sees her chance to move up in the world. Unaware at first of their families’ shared connection to tragedy, Mame makes wild, naïve choices that expose both families to even deeper dangers for generations to come. Watch the damage escalate in this gritty Southern saga as ambition and romance go awry, adding betrayal, kidnapping, rape, and even murder to the mining tragedy. Do children inherit the sins of their fathers? Do dark forces walk the earth? Will Mame’s secrets push her to madness? Or will her solid roots in the coal mining country help her survive her mistakes, or, at least, be forgiven of them?

Author : Huw Beynon,Ray Hudson
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781839767982

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The Shadow of the Mine by Huw Beynon,Ray Hudson Pdf

No one personified the age of industry more than the miners. The Shadow of the Mine tells the story of King Coal in its heyday – and what happened to mining communities after the last pits closed. The Shadow of the Mine tells the story of King Coal in its heyday, the heroics and betrayals of the Miners’ Strike, and what happened to mining communities after the last pits closed. No one personified the age of industry more than the miners. Coal was central to the British economy, powering its factories and railways. It carried political weight, too. In the eighties the miners risked everything in a year-long strike against Thatcher’s shutdowns. Their defeat doomed a way of life. The lingering sense of abandonment in former mining communities would be difficult to overstate. Yet recent electoral politics has revolved around the coalfield constituencies in Labour’s Red Wall. Huw Beynon and Ray Hudson draw on decades of research to chronicle these momentous changes through the words of the people who lived through them. This edition includes a new postscript on why Thatcher’s war on the miners wasn’t good for green politics. ‘Excellent’ NEW STATESMAN ‘Brilliant’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT ‘Enlightening’ GUARDIAN

Author : Joe Walsh,Seamus Walsh (Coal miner)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Castlecomer (Ireland)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029040602

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In the Shadow of the Mines by Joe Walsh,Seamus Walsh (Coal miner) Pdf

Author : Philip P. Pan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781416537052

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Out of Mao's Shadow by Philip P. Pan Pdf

An inside analysis of modern cultural and political upheavals in China by a fluent Beijing correspondent describes the power struggles currently taking place between the party elite and supporters of democracy, the outcome of which the author predicts will significantly affect China's rise to a world super-power. 125,000 first printing.

Author : Elaine Marie Graham
Publisher : BalboaPress
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781452546117

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Canaries in the Coal Mine by Elaine Marie Graham Pdf

While doing research on chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia, Elaine Marie Graham realized she had gathered a lot of information that could be used in any health situation. Her wish is to share this research in hopes of helping anyone dealing with a health challenge. She started writing a blog in March of 2011 with the hope of sharing this research. She realized that it could be even more beneficial to write a book with practical tips and discoveries. This is her gift to all who have walked in the darkness or shadow of a disabling condition.

Author : John H. Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UVA:X000370779

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The Valley of the Shadow by John H. Brown Pdf

Author : Roberta Senechal de la Roche
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0809329093

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In Lincoln's Shadow by Roberta Senechal de la Roche Pdf

Winner of the Gustavus Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights in the United States! Winner of the Illinois State Historical Society Superior Achievement Award! This detailed case study of the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois, which began only a few blocks from Abraham Lincoln’s family home, explores the social origins of rioting by whites against the city’s African American community after a white woman alleged that a black man had raped her. Over two days rioters wrecked black-owned businesses, burned neighborhoods to the ground, killed two black men, and injured many others. Author Roberta Senechal de la Roche draws from a wide range of sources to describe the riot, identify the rioters and their victims, and challenge previous interpretations that attribute rioting to interracial competition for jobs, housing, or political influence. Written in a direct and clear style, In Lincoln’s Shadow documents a violent explosion of racial hatred that shocked the nation and reveals the complexity of white racial attitudes in the early twentieth century.

Author : Leo Bryan Pride
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Coal miners
ISBN : UOM:39015073391248

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The Shadow of the Mine by Leo Bryan Pride Pdf

Author : Catherine Knutsson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781442401921

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Shadows Cast by Stars by Catherine Knutsson Pdf

To escape a government that needs antigens in aboriginal blood to stop a plague, sixteen-year-old Cassandra and her family flee to the Island, where she not only gets help in communicating with the spirit world, she learns she has been chosen to be their voice and instrument.

Author : Jeremy Paxman
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780008128357

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Black Gold: The History of How Coal Made Britain by Jeremy Paxman Pdf

From the bestselling historian and acclaimed broadcaster ‘A rich social history ... Paxman’s book could hardly be more colourful, and I enjoyed each page enormously’ DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES ‘Vividly told ... Paxman’s fine narrative powers are at their best’ THE TIMES

Author : Jack James
Publisher : BookLocker.com, Inc.
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798885316484

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In The Shadow of Sugarloaf by Jack James Pdf

Life in Arkoal, Arkansas, is centered around coal mining in the early 1900s. Young boys and men are expected to work in the Piney Creek mine to provide for their families. The danger in the deep mine shafts has taken the lives of many over the years. Mine bosses do little to ensure the safety of the workers and care even less about what might happen to them, just as long as the mine stays working. With Sugarloaf Mountain in the background, best friends Kenny, Davy, and Ned find or make adventures at school, church, and all around the small town in south Sebastian County. There is mischief to be made and mysteries to solve. With the threat of unionizing the coal mines, lives change quickly for everyone in Arkoal. Disaster, strikes, murders, and fighting turn this little-known town into front-page news, meaning that Kenny, Davy, and Ned have to grow up quickly in the wake.

Author : Nick Bunker
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781541675551

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In the Shadow of Fear by Nick Bunker Pdf

An evocative portrait of a divided America at the dawn of the Cold War Halfway through the twentieth century, the United States towered over the world in industrial might. After winning the 1948 election, Harry Truman hoped to use this economic strength to build on FDR’s achievements with new liberal reforms. But then, in just ten months between September 1949 and June 1950, the president’s ambitions were overtaken by events that left the country gripped by rage and fear. The Soviets tested an atomic bomb, Mao’s army swept through China, and at home Truman faced labor unrest and a Republican Party desperate for power. In the Shadow of Fear is an innovative and gripping history of this pivotal moment. Recounting the launch of Senator Joe McCarthy’s anti-communist crusade, the defeat of Truman’s liberal program, and the start of the Korean War, prizewinning historian Nick Bunker shows us a polarized nation facing crises at home and abroad—a story with deep resonances today.

Author : Betty Roberts
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781685622978

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In the Shadow of the Bridge by Betty Roberts Pdf

El closed her eyes and drew into the corner against the rock-clay bank and the rough boards. She could hear water dripping inside the mine shaft, could smell the dankness, feel the cold air being drawn through the cracks between the boards; she could picture Hollie as she had seen her running up the road in her yellow dress, breaking free, running, the yellow dress pressed against her thighs, starlight sliding along her arms and legs, flowing over her long gold hair, white-faced, doe-eyed, and frightened. She opened her eyes and gasped, alarmed by the sounds of a struggle close at hand. They had reached the railroad tracks, and Emmett was blocking the way. There was nowhere for Hollie to run except out onto the bridge.

Author : Camaren Peter,Hannah Friedenstein,Haroon Bhorat,Ivor Chipkin,Lumkile Mondi,Mark Swilling,Mbongiseni Buthelezi,Mzukisi Qobo,Nicky Prins,Sikhulekile Duma
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781776142149

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Shadow State by Camaren Peter,Hannah Friedenstein,Haroon Bhorat,Ivor Chipkin,Lumkile Mondi,Mark Swilling,Mbongiseni Buthelezi,Mzukisi Qobo,Nicky Prins,Sikhulekile Duma Pdf

A powerful analysis of events that helped galvanise resistance across civil society The 2017 publication of Betrayal of the Promise, the report that detailed the systematic nature of state capture, marked a key moment in South Africa’s most recent struggle for democracy. In the face of growing evidence of corruption and of the weakening of state and democratic institutions, it provided, for the first time, a powerful analysis of events that helped galvanise resistance within the Tripartite Alliance and across civil society. Working often secretly, the authors consolidated, for the first time, large amounts of evidence from a variety of sources. They showed that the Jacob Zuma administration was not simply a criminal network but part of an audacious political project to break the hold of whites and white business on the economy and to create a new class of black industrialists. State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) such as Eskom and Transnet were central to these plans. The report introduced a whole new language to discuss state capture, showing how SOEs were ‘repurposed’, how political power was shifting away from constitutional bodies to ‘kitchen cabinets’, and how a ‘shadow state’ at odds with the country’s constitutional framework was being built. Shadow State is an updated version of the original, explosive report that changed South Africa’s recent history.

Author : Leo Bryan Pride
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Coal miners
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127840747

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The Shadow of the Mine by Leo Bryan Pride Pdf