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Title The day the earth caved in : an American mining tragedy / Joan Quigley.
Author Quigley, Joan.
Publication Info. New York : Random House, c2007.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  363.379 QUI    Check Shelves
 West Oaks  363.379 QUI    Check Shelves
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxx, 237 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary A look at the Centralia, Pennsylvania, mining disaster offers a portrait of the dying coal town, the scene of the nation's worst abandoned mine fire, and the families caught up in the disaster, discussing the struggle to provide a just remuneration to the victims.
Subject Mine fires -- Pennsylvania -- Centralia.
Mine fires -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Centralia.
Mine gases -- Pennsylvania -- Centralia.
Coal mines and mining -- Pennsylvania -- Centralia.
Centralia (Pa.) -- History.
Centralia (Pa.) -- Social conditions.
ISBN 1400061806 : $25.95
9781400061808 : $25.95