num_pages: 272
description: A cautionary analysis of the consequences of radical strip mining, otherwise known as "mountaintop removal," links its practice to virtually every leading social issue today, from groundwater pollution to corporate ethics, in an account that warns readers about dangers being posed to America's natural resources and the communities that depend on them. 30,000 first printing. First serial, Harper's.
language: English
title: Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness: Radical Strip Mining and the Devastation of Appalachia
titlecomplete: Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness: Radical Strip Mining and the Devastation of Appalachia
genres: Memoir, Nonfiction, History, Social Issues, Politics, Nature, Science, Adventure, Environment, Social Justice
ratings_count: 631
publisher: Riverhead Books