A diary account of thirteen-year-old Anetka's life in Poland in 1896, immigration to America, marriage to a coal miner, widowhood, and happiness in finally finding her true love.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A great read!,
This review is from: A Coal Miner's Bride: the Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Latimer, Pennsylvania 1896 (Dear America Series) (Hardcover)
Great little book an easy read.Love the historical content.We are a WV coal mining family with a coal mining history.The coal mining industry although much improved is still a dangerous job to this day.I would read this book again and encourage you to do the same.
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My daughter's favorite book of all time!,
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This review is from: A Coal Miner's Bride: the Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Latimer, Pennsylvania 1896 (Dear America Series) (Hardcover)
Clearly, anyone can easily find out what this book is about, so that is not the subject of my review. I just want to let potential buyers know how treasured this book is to my daughter... which, in itself, speaks tomes about the book.
I don't what made my daughter connect with this book (I am half Polish, so that probably helped!) - but from the first time she read it (borrowed from her 4th grade classroom) it instantly became her favorite. She read it over and over again; read the entire book out loud to me, and then to her grandmother... she would read her favorite diary entries to me before she went to bed. It was a sad day 8 months later when she finally was done with 4th grade and had to return the book. Although she was sad, the return of the book gave me a great idea: it would be THE perfect gift for her summer birthday. Alas, the book was out of print and impossible to buy first-had. Luckily I score a used copy on Amazon, and I only wish I had a camera to record her expression when she opened her gift. This is a book that I am sure she will treasure, and one day pass on to her daughter.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book,
This review is from: A Coal Miner's Bride: the Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Latimer, Pennsylvania 1896 (Dear America Series) (Hardcover)
I've always loved this seies of books and this one does not disappoint. It's a quick, easy, great read.
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This morning I scraped the hairy backs of our pigs and collected a good crop of long, black bristles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ten skirts, breaker whistle, patch village, bee boxes, anthracite region, mine workers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Private Nasevich, Saint Ann, Gomer Jones, Stanley Gawrych, Father Dembinski, Leon Nasevich, Honey Brook, Droga Swieta Anno, Anetka Kaminska, United Mine Workers, Miss Mackinder, Black Maria, Quality Road, After Mass, Hail Mary, Terrible Pete New!
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This morning I scraped the hairy backs of our pigs and collected a good crop of long, black bristles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ten skirts, breaker whistle, patch village, bee boxes, anthracite region, mine workers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Private Nasevich, Saint Ann, Gomer Jones, Stanley Gawrych, Father Dembinski, Leon Nasevich, Honey Brook, Droga Swieta Anno, Anetka Kaminska, United Mine Workers, Miss Mackinder, Black Maria, Quality Road, After Mass, Hail Mary, Terrible Pete New!
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- Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 (Dear America Series) by Kristiana Gregory in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Oregon Trail by Instructor Books in Back Matter
- So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, An Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 (Dear America Series) by Barry Denenberg in Back Matter
- Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii 1941 (Dear America Series) by Barry Denenberg in Back Matter
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