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The Knox Mine Disaster: The Final Years of the Northern Anthracite Industry and the Effort to Rebuild a Regional Economy

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I saw this thing happen, and have amazed many people with the story of the Knox Mine Cave In. Having grown up in the Wilkes Barre area,and now living outside of that region,it's great to have a chronological sequence of the events that led to the demise of the deep anthracite mining industry. The book also captures the economic and political realities of the region in times prior to and after the mine disaster. Sheds a lot of light on "powerful" people. Definitely not a witch hunt - factual - lets the reader decide what caused the end of the deep coal mining in the Wyoming Valley

It's about time this book is written. I remember that day very clearly. I was only 11 years old and did not know if my father was alive or dead. Thank God he survived, he was one of the last survivors....John Gadomski and his half brother George Mazur.

As a child growing up in Scranton, Pa. I remember photos of the rail cars being dumped into the river to stop this mine disaster. It has haunted me for years and this book does an admirable job of re-creating the circumstances leading up to the disaster. I especially like the authors ability to put the disaster into context by describing the circumstances affecting the mining industry in Pennsylvania. The carefully-researched book goes far beyond the actual disaster to provide a deeper understanding of the incident.

Provided much information about the Knox Mine. It was a big help with my research paper.

This was very good for my project