Underground fire : hope, sacrifice, and courage in the Cherry Mine disaster
(2022)
By:
Walker, Sally M.
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
Y/622.334/WALKER,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022
©2022
©2022
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
220 pages : black and white illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781536212402, 1536212407 :, 1536212407, 9781536212402
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Tells the story of the 1909 coal mine disaster in Cherry, Illinois, that killed hundreds of men, left more than four hundred children fatherless, inspired the first worker's compensation laws, and helped bring about changes in child labor practices
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