Steam drills, treadmills, and shooting stars -a story of our times
Subtitle: a story of our times / by Rivera Sun
Publisher: Rising Sun Press Works
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780984813247; 9780984813223
Subjects: African American women; Whistle blowing; Coal mines and mining; American literature; Hope; Fiction
Description: "Activist Henrietta Owens is hurtling toward the coal company like a 'social terrorist in a hijacked plane' fueled by the necessity of change. Every word she says is true . . . and people know it. Coal company lawyer Jack Dalton's world is about to implode. With her infant in her arms, Henrietta shakes the nation awake with some tough-loving truth about coal, climate change, and the future of humanity. The coal company wants her stopped at any cost. Jack Dalton's morality and career collide as the boss threatens to use murder, tear gas, imprisonment and violence. The stakes are high: life, death, the extinction of humanity. Jack's wife crosses the line of loyalty, his daughter lectures him on heroism, the Appalachians foment a revolution, and the ghost of legendary John Henry shows up to haunt him. The climate change countdown is ticking. Political pressures heat up. The sleeping giant of the common man awakens with a roar. One question hammers in Jack's ears:"--Amazon
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Table of contents: title: The front line of birth & death; title: Skyscraper man; title: An instant click of indescribable perfection; title: The bloodhound's report; title: Ripped off mountains; title: Shhh-clink; title: Motherhood today; title: No man's holler; title: Symbols & portents; title: Mr.NBC; title: Vital signs; title: Lions' den; title: Steel-driving woman; title: The revolutionary table; title: The citizen of the earth; title: Tipping point; title: The great turning; title: Treadmills; title: Primetime gladiator; title: Cowboy astronauts; title: The s.o.s. family; title: The efforts of an Appalachian pugilist; title: Odelle Jordan, Tightrope walker; title: The jungle of the beasts; title: Coal under pressure; title: Tyrell's pen; title: The hammer; title: Arellia's premonitions; title: An allie-gator's heroes; title: The trap; title: The whole world waits; title: Steam drills vs.the people; title: An old ballad crooned low and slow; title: Compendium; title: Statement of the interconnected people; title: The ballad of John Henry; title: The great turning; title: The earth charter; title: The universal declaration of human rights.