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Coal River

Shnayerson, Michael / HARDCOVER / 321 pages / 2008

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Item: 24815943
Author: Shnayerson, Michael
ISBN: 9780374125141
Pages: 321
Format: HARDCOVER

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One of America's most dramatic environmental battles is unfolding in southern West Virginia. Coal companies are decapitating the mountains. The forested ridge tops and valley streams of Appalachia--one of the country's natural treasures--are being destroyed, along with towns and communities. An entire culture is disappearing, and most Americans have no idea it's happening. Journalist Shnayerson recounts the dramatic struggle as grassroots activists speak truth to power and an inspiring young lawyer challenges the largest and most aggressive of the coal companies in a series of brilliant and daring lawsuits. From courtroom to boardroom, forest clearing to factory floor, Shnayerson gives us a novelistic and compelling portrait of the people who risked their reputations and livelihoods in the fight against King Coal.--From publisher description.Looks at the environmental battle shaping up in southern West Virginia between powerful coal companies and the local people whose towns and communities they are destroying, along with the natural landscape of Appalachia.

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ISBN	9780374125141
Author	Shnayerson, Michael
Format	HARDCOVER
Publisher	Farrar Straus & Giroux
Pages	321
General Subject	History: American
Language	ENGLISH

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