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Recounts the struggle of Trish Bragg and other ordinary West Virginians for fair treatment by the coal companies that dominate the local economies of southern West Virginia. This work is an account of the human and environmental costs of coal extraction, and the inspirational grassroots crusade to mitigate those costs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 63 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFW; KNBC; LNCR; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
In late 1994, wells in Pie, West Virginia, began to go dry, leaving many residents of the small coal-mining town without potable water. When local housewife Trish Bragg made a few phone calls in an effort to solve this problem, she had no idea that her inquiries would eventually lead to her becoming the named plaintiff in a major lawsuit, a summa cum laude college graduate, and a hero of her community. Moving Mountains recounts the struggle of Trish Bragg and other ordinary West Virginians for fair treatment by the coal companies that dominate the local economies of southern West ... Read more
In late 1994, wells in Pie, West Virginia, began to go dry, leaving many residents of the small coal-mining town without potable water. When local housewife Trish Bragg made a few phone calls in an effort to solve this problem, she had no idea that her inquiries would eventually lead to her becoming the named plaintiff in a major lawsuit, a summa cum laude college graduate, and a hero of her community. Moving Mountains recounts the struggle of Trish Bragg and other ordinary West Virginians for fair treatment by the coal companies that dominate the local economies of southern West ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813124414
SKU
V9780813124414
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Penny Loeb
Penny Loeb, a freelance writer who lives outside of Washington, D.C., is a former senior editor at U.S. News and World Report and a former investigative reporter for Newsday. She has received numerous awards for journalism and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1988.
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