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Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster
by Greene, Melissa Fay
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151005591
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005598
- Seller
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About This Item
Orlando, Florida: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Edition With The Alpha Lin Indicating A First Printing. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Book Is Bound In One Quarter Gray Paper Over Light Tan With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. Minor Wear.
Synopsis
The deepest coal mine in North America was notoriously unpredictable. One late October evening in 1958, it "bumped" - its rock floors heaving up and smashing into rock ceilings. A few miners staggered out, most of the 174 on shift did not. Nineteen men were trapped, plunged into darkness, hunger, thirst, and hallucination. As days and nights passed, the survivors began to hope for death by gas rather than from thirst. Above ground, journalists and families stood in despairing vigil, as rescuers brought out scores of the dead. The hope of finding life undergound faded and families made funeral preparations. Then, a miracle: Rescuers stumbled across a broken pipe leading to a cave of survivors, then a second group was discovered. A media circus followed. Ed Sullivan, then the state of Georgia, invited survivors to visit. Publicity, politics, and segregation sorted the men differently than they had ordered themselves. Underground, the one black survivor nursed a dying man; in Atlanta, Governor Marvin Griffin said: "I will not shake hands with a Negro." If every great writer has one tale of peril, heroism, and survival, Last Man Out is Melissa Fay Greene's. Using long-lost stories and interviews with survivors, Greene has reconstructed the drama of their struggle to stay alive
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034372
- Title
- Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster
- Author
- Greene, Melissa Fay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0151005591
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005598
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Florida
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 342
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Springhill Mine Disaster, Springhill, N.S., 1958; Springhill, Trage?die Minie`re De, Springhill, N.-E?., 1958; Nova Scotia - Springhill. General, Post-Confederation (1867-), Mining
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Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
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Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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