Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster by Melissa Fay Greene

Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster

Melissa Fay Greene

352 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history dark emotional slow-paced
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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...

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