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Author Reece, Erik.

Title Lost mountain : a year in the vanishing wilderness : radical strip mining and the devastation of Appalachia / Erik Reece ; foreword by Wendell Berry ; photographs by John J. Cox.

Publication Info. New York : Riverhead Books, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  622.29 R25    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  622 REECE, ERIK    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  622.292 REECE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  622.292 REECE    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  622.292 REECE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  338.2724 REECE    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  622.292 REECE    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  622.292 RE    Check Shelf
Description xv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250).
Summary Asserts that strip mining in the Appalachian Mountains is economically and environmentally devastating and describes one year witnessing the decimation of a mountain. Suggests that strip mining is not just a local concern but a mainstream crisis that involves government neglect, species extinction, poisoned groundwater, and class conflict. Also describes how the coal industry impacts coal miners and their families.
Subject Strip mining -- Environmental aspects -- Appalachian Region.
Coal mines and mining -- Kentucky.
Coal mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- Kentucky.
Mountaintop removal mining -- Environmental aspects -- Kentucky.
Mountaintop removal mining -- Economic aspects -- Kentucky.
ISBN 1594489084
Standard No. 9781594489082
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