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Author Nelson, S. D.

Title Digging a hole to heaven : coal miner boys / S.D. Nelson.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Harry N Abrams Inc, 2014.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.

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 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J622.334 NEL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 331.3 NEL    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 622.334 NEL    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 622.334 NELSON    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 622.334 NELSON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J622 NEL    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J622.33 NELSON    Check Shelf
Description 63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63) and index.
Summary In the late 1800s and early 1900s, young boys worked many jobs deep underground in American coal mines. In this dangerous environment, 12-year-old Conall labors as a driver of a mule named Angel, who spends her entire life underground. Conall and his older brother work to help support their family: His father's wages are not enough. The text takes readers, Conall and Angel through a representative day, then interjects some tension with a tunnel collapse that is largely ignored by the elegant mine owner. This storyline aworks in tandem with fact boxes and sidebars to illuminate the dark and dangerous world of shaft mining. Nelson's acrylic-paint illustrations are gritty and realistic; more evocative still are the historical photographs that appear on nearly every page.A useful and thorough piece of work combining fiction and nonfiction, with an extensive author's note detailing the history of coal mining. (timeline, notes, bibliography, index).
Subject Coal miners -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Coal mines and mining -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Child labor -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Coal miners -- History.
Coal mines and mining -- History.
Child labor -- History.
Genre/Form Historical fiction.
ISBN 9781419707308 SAL
1419707302 SAL
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