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Author Laskas, Jeanne Marie, 1958-

Title Hidden America : from coal miners to cowboys, an extraordinary exploration of the unseen people who make this country work / Jeanne Marie Laskas.

Publication Info. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2012]
©2012

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  305.562 LASKAS    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - New Materials  305.562 LASKAS    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  305.562 LASKAS    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  305.5 LAS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  305.5 LAS    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  305.562 LAS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  305.5 LASKAS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.562 LASKAS    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.5 LASKAS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.562 L33    Check Shelf

Description 318 pages ; 24 cm
Note "Published simultaneously in Canada"--T.p. verso.
Contents Underworld : Hopedale Mining, Cadiz, Ohio -- Hecho en América : Migrant Labor Camp, Cherryfield, Maine -- G-L-O-R-Y : Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio -- Traffic : Air Traffic Control Tower, LaGuardia Airport, New York, New York -- Guns 'r' us : Sprague's Sports, Yuma, Arizona -- Beef : R.A. Brown Ranch, Throckmorton, Texas -- The Rig : Pioneer National Resources Oil Rig, Oooguruk Island, off the shores of Alaska's North Slope -- Sputter : I-80, Exit 284, Walcott, Iowa -- This is Paradise : Puente Hills Landfill, City of Industry, California.
Summary Looks at the remarkable men and women whose low-profile accomplishments contribute to the running of the nation, from coal miners and oil rig workers to migrant laborers and air traffic controllers.
Subject Working class -- United States -- Social conditions.
Working class -- United States -- Biography.
Working class -- United States -- Social life and customs.
Manual work -- Social aspects -- United States.
Subculture -- United States.
Laskas, Jeanne Marie, 1958- -- Travel -- United States.
United States -- Description and travel.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
United States -- Social life and customs -- 1971-
ISBN 9780399159008 (acid-free paper) : 26.95
0399159002 (acid-free paper)
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