DAY THE EARTH CAVED IN, THE

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出版社: Random House US
2009-04
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780812971309
定价: 138.00
装帧: 平装
开本: 32开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 237页
  •   Beginning on Valentine’s Day, 1981, when twelve-year-old ToddDomboski plunged through the earth in his grandmother’s backyard inCentralia, Pennsylvania, The Day the Earth Caved In is anunprecedented and riveting account of the nation’s worst mine fire.In astonishing detail, award-winning journalist Joan Quigley, thegranddaughter of Centralia miners, ushers readers into the dramaticworld of the underground blaze. Drawing on interviews with keyparticipants and exclusive new research, Quigley paintsunforgettable portraits of Centralia and its residents, from TomLarkin, the short-order cook and ex-hippie who rallied theactivists, to Helen Womer, the bank teller who galvanized theopposition, denying the fire’s existence even as toxic fumesinvaded her home. Like Jonathan Harr’s A Civil Action, The Daythe Earth Caved In is a seminal investigation of individualrights, corporate privilege, and governmental indifference to thepowerless.
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      Beginning on Valentine’s Day, 1981, when twelve-year-old ToddDomboski plunged through the earth in his grandmother’s backyard inCentralia, Pennsylvania, The Day the Earth Caved In is anunprecedented and riveting account of the nation’s worst mine fire.In astonishing detail, award-winning journalist Joan Quigley, thegranddaughter of Centralia miners, ushers readers into the dramaticworld of the underground blaze. Drawing on interviews with keyparticipants and exclusive new research, Quigley paintsunforgettable portraits of Centralia and its residents, from TomLarkin, the short-order cook and ex-hippie who rallied theactivists, to Helen Womer, the bank teller who galvanized theopposition, denying the fire’s existence even as toxic fumesinvaded her home. Like Jonathan Harr’s A Civil Action, The Daythe Earth Caved In is a seminal investigation of individualrights, corporate privilege, and governmental indifference to thepowerless.
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