A gripping account of the worst coal Mine fire in US history--the 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster that claimed the lives of 259 men.
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Inspired by a refrain of her girlhood--"Your grandfather survived the Cherry Mine disaster"--Karen Tintori began a search for her family\'s role in the harrowing tragedy of 1909. "Drawing on diaries, letters, written accounts of survivors and testimony from the coroner\'s inquest...
Tintori\'s engaging prose keeps readers on the edge" ( Publishers Weekly ).
A gripping account of the worst coal Mine fire in US history--the 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster that claimed the lives of 259 men