Author: Lois Lenski
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504022033
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
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A young girl grows up in the sooty shadow of the coal mines of West Virginia When the whistle blows, Christina knows her father is coming home. Every day he emerges from the pit with his skin caked in coal dust. He’s 50 now and he’s been working in the mines since he was 12 years old. It’s dangerous, backbreaking labor, but he does it because he loves his family. As far as Christina is concerned, there is no job in the world more honorable than digging coal. Danger is always close at hand in the mines. There are cave-ins, explosions, and diseases. But no matter what happens, Christina and her family always stick together. This meticulously researched look at life in a coal camp shows that no matter how dark the pit, love will always shine through.
Author: GRETCHEN MORAN LASKAS
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471103587
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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Backbreaking work, threadbare clothes, and black coal dust choking the air -- this is what a miner's daughter knows. Willa Lowell fears that this dust marks her to be nothing else, that she will never win against the constant struggle to survive. Even the fierce flame of her family's love -- her one bright spot against the darkness -- has begun to dim. Willa yearns for a better life -- enough food to eat, clothes that fit, and a home free of black grit. She also yearns for a special love, the love of a boy who makes her laugh and shares the poetry she carries in her heart. When a much brighter future is suddenly promised to her family, Willa knows it is a miracle . . . until she discovers that every promise has a price. But she also discovers that the real change has burned inside her all along -- if only she is strong enough to mine it. Writing in a style that is as breathtaking and lyrical as it is powerful, Gretchen Moran Laskas draws from her family's past to bring to life the story of a girl struggling against seemingly insurmountable odds. The Miner's Daughterwill touch readers' hearts and stay with them long after they've read the last word.
Author: Loretta Lynn
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307741230
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Tying in with the publication of the singer's long-awaited autobiographical sequel--"Still Woman Enough"--this is the original autobiography of the girl from Butcher Holler. of photos.
Author: Yvonne Dorsey
Publisher: Riverbook
ISBN: 9781793341273
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Shannon Fitzpatrick has reoccurring nightmares of a sad little girl with big scared eyes looking through a window of a small old abandoned house. When she tries to help her, the little girl disappears into the fireplace. She gets locked in and left alone in the dark house. Once awake, she is forced to find a reason for her nightmares or suffer endless haunting dreams. Her research led her to a family secret.
Author: Lois Lenski
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453227539
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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The Newbery Medal–winning childhood classic of life on a Florida farm—part of the Regional series from the author of the Mr. Small picture books. Birdie and her family are trying to build a farm in Florida. But it’s not easy with the heat, droughts, and cold snaps—and neighbors that don’t believe in fences. But Birdie won’t give up on her dream of strawberries, and her family won’t let those Slaters drive them from their home! This Newberry Medal–winning novel presents a realistic picture of life on the Florida frontier. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lois Lenski including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
Author: Sandra Dallas
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429917172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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An essential American novel from Sandra Dallas, an unparalleled writer of our history, and our deepest emotions... During World War II, a family finds life turned upside down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes (and suspicions) turn to the newcomers, the interlopers, the strangers. This is Tallgrass as Rennie Stroud has never seen it before. She has just turned thirteen and, until this time, life has pretty much been what her father told her it should be: predictable and fair. But now the winds of change are coming and, with them, a shift in her perspective. And Rennie will discover secrets that can destroy even the most sacred things. Part thriller, part historical novel, Tallgrass is a riveting exploration of the darkest--and best--parts of the human heart.
Author: Yvonne Dorsey
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ISBN: 9780692576410
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"The Haunting of Shannon Fitzpatrick" (sub-title: The Girl in the Coal Camp House) is the third published work in the Riverbooks series. After five years, (from being haunted in the book "Run to my River," ) she began to have reoccurring nightmares about a sad little girl looking out a window of a small old abandoned house. She is forced to deal with the problem or suffer endless haunting dreams. Her research and therapy eventually led her to reveal family secrets. The first book in the Riverbook Series, "Powhantuwa's River," tells of the hardships, loves, and tragedies of an Early American Indian woman and her tribe. Powhantuwa, the protagonist was the mother of Shaahatuck, the protagonist in the second book, "Run to my River." Shaahatuck dies without peace in her soul. As a result, she haunts women visitors, who come near her incarceration, in hopes that someday, someone will finally help her find closure. During a visit to that area, Shannon Fitzpatrick experiences that haunting, (Run to my River) but over time, ignores it. Later, moving to that area, she is constantly haunted by Shaahatuck, even seeing haunting eyes through a mist. She is forced to either deal with the ghost, move out of the area, or suffer forever.
Author: Lois Lenski
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453227512
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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DIVDIVWhat would it be like to live on a houseboat on the Mississippi River with two parents, four kids, eight chickens, several turtles, a dog, and a cat? Patsy and her family are about to find out! /divDIVAt first, Patsy is upset when her parents decide to move from their home in River City, Illinois, to a houseboat on the Mississippi River. She’ll miss her house and friends, and she’s sure the trip downriver will be boring. Gradually, she and her brother and sisters get used to their new life. Patsy grows to love the ever-changing river, where she even learns to swim. But she can’t help longing for a real house—on land. /divDIV /divDIVHouseboat Girl is based on the experiences of real families living on the Mississippi River in the summer of 1954./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Lois Lenski including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate./div/div
Author: Suzanne E. Tallichet
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271030437
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Much has been written over the years about life in the coal mines of Appalachia. Not surprisingly, attention has focused mainly on the experiences of male miners. In Daughters of the Mountain, Suzanne Tallichet introduces us to a cohort of women miners at a large underground coal mine in southern West Virginia, where women entered the workforce in the late 1970s after mining jobs began opening up for women throughout the Appalachian coalfields. Tallichet's work goes beyond anecdotal evidence to provide complex and penetrating analyses of qualitative data. Based on in-depth interviews with female miners, Tallichet explores several key topics, including social relations among men and women, professional advancement, and union participation. She also explores the ways in which women adapt to mining culture, developing strategies for both resistance and accommodation to an overwhelmingly male-dominated world.
Author: Margie J Pittman
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491820381
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Coal Miners from the forties and fifties were a special kind of people. The community of the camps they lived in instilled value and culture that is lacking in todays world. The Coal Camp Kids and Teens arent kids any more. Most of them have great grandchildren. Coal Camp Kids, The End of an Era catches up with the Kids today, and tells how they are passing on their values. The process creates some amusing circumstances. As you read, find out: Who got a phone call from Jesus, why were Bonnie and Margie on a four wheeler, who told David Pittman, Thats how they do it on TV, Why was Ruby Bartley so embarrassed, who thought they might need a good talking to, what did Karen shower everyone with, who got a standing ovation, what did Billie pray for, who is afraid of a thunderstorm, who thinks they would get a rush from a tornado, what got Paula tickled on the elevator, why was Joshua splashing in the tub, and who was interested in Margies twelve string? Explore the joys and heartaches that fill our everyday lives in the West Virginia Mountains. The End of an Era completes the trilogy.
