Reckoning at Eagle Creek
Subtitle: the secret legacy of coal in the heartland
By: Jeff Biggers.
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781568584218
Subjects: Coal mines and mining -- Illinois -- Eagle Creek Region -- History; Coal mines and mining -- Social aspects -- Illinois Eagle Creek Region -- History; Mountain life -- Illinois -- Eagle Creek Region -- History; Shawnee National Forest Region (Ill.) -- History
Table of contents: title: 4.5 hours : the choices we made; title: In the name of the Shawnee : removing the Earth's liver; title: Black diamonds, black lives : the entangled roots of slavery and coal; title: Who killed the miners? : an anatomy of denial; title: Black waters, black waters : murder of Little Egypt; title: The short swift time of clean coal on Earth : dirty coal has left the building.