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The Book of the Dead Papeback -
by Muriel Rukeyser; Introduction by Catherine Venable Moore
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- Title The Book of the Dead
- Author Muriel Rukeyser; Introduction by Catherine Venable Moore
- Binding Papeback
- Condition New
- Pages 144
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher West Virginia University Press
- Publication date pp. 144
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6378676235
- ISBN 9781946684219 / 194668421X
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.4 x 4.7 x 0.5 in (18.80 x 11.94 x 1.27 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: South
- Category Poetry
- Library of Congress subjects Poetry, Hawks Nest Tunnel (W. Va.)
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.52
- Quantity available 3
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From the rear cover
Written in response to the Hawk's Nest Tunnel disaster of 1931 in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, The Book of the Dead is an important part of West Virginia's cultural heritage and a powerful account of one of the worst industrial catastrophes in American history. The poems collected here investigate the roots of a tragedy that killed hundreds of workers, most of them African American. They are a rare engagement with the overlap between race and environment in Appalachia.
Published for the first time alongside photographs by Nancy Naumburg, who accompanied Rukeyser to Gauley Bridge in 1936, this edition of The Book of the Dead includes an introduction by Catherine Venable Moore, whose writing on the topic has been anthologized in Best American Essays.
Published for the first time alongside photographs by Nancy Naumburg, who accompanied Rukeyser to Gauley Bridge in 1936, this edition of The Book of the Dead includes an introduction by Catherine Venable Moore, whose writing on the topic has been anthologized in Best American Essays.
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- Publishers Weekly, 01/15/2018, Page 0
