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Growing Up in Coal Country
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 331.382233409748
EAN: 9780395979143
ISBN: 0395979145
Label: Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: September 27, 1999
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: Houghton Mifflin
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Editorial Review:
Inspired by her in-laws' recollections of working in coal country, Susan Campbell Bartoletti has gathered the voices of men, women, and children who immigrated to and worked in northeastern Pennsylvania at the turn of the century. The story that emerges is not just a story of long hours, little pay, and hazardous working conditions; it is also the uniquely American story of immigrant families working together to make a new life for themselves. It is a story of hardship and sacrifice, yet also of triumph and the fulfillment of hopes and dreams.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - breaker boys-coal mining in Pennsylvania
My greandfather was a coal miner-who started out as a "breaker boy". I bought this book to get insight on how conditions were when working in the coal mines in the early 1900's. This book certainly opened my eyes to see how harsh it was to earn a living in this manner. Reading this made me understand what type of life my grandfather had as a young child and gave me a better insight into what the coal mining industry was all about during this period of time.
Rating: - The Best Book About Coal Mine History
I love this book. There are more photos than any other book I've found about the history of coal mining in America. I'm so thankful that this book is out there. The photos of children who worked in the coal mine are heartbreaking. Much praise is heaped.
Rating: - growing up (or not) in coal country
i've been researching the history of the anthracite region and specifically the experience of miners and their families, and this was one of the most useful books i've seen. by detailing the different jobs the boys in the mines did, bartoletti also manages to describe how a mine worked in ways that other books on mining don't really explain. it covers the whole process by telling stories about the different jobs the kids did.
the photos too are wonderful. you get a real sense of how much ... Read More
Rating:  - Glimpses from a bygone era
This is a fascinating book about the life and times of the coal miners in Pennsylvania when "coal was king" and child labor laws were things of the future. The photographs, especially those involving children, are haunting; and Susan Bartoletti's text is lucid and poignant. Impressions of the "breaker boys", "nippers", "spraggers", and the "fire boss" lingered in my mind long after I finished reading this book.
Rating: - Growing Up in Coal Country
A very interesting little book for anyone who grew up in or has an interest in the history of the Pennsylvania Anthracite Region. The stories in this book apply to so many thousands of families that lived there and tried so hard to make a living under the harshest of conditions. Life was anything but easy for the anthracite miner and his family - no medical insurance (but then medical care was almost non-existent), no paid holidays, just dirty and dangerous work. The book is brief, reads easy ... Read More
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