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Growing Up in Coal Country
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Rating:  - wonderful book for classrooms too!
I teach 8th grade English, and we have been reading this book. The students love it! the stories are great, the pictures equally as wonderful. It details the jobs from the smallest breaker boy to the miner and his butty - talks about the mules and rats, and the patch towns, as well as the tragedies, and 'black maria'.
We live about an hour away from the Scranton area, and we are planning to visit the coal mines. The students are very excited to visit, and have learned so much already about the region. It is also great for me, as i had 2 great uncles who worked in the PA mines.
Rating: - breaker boys-coal mining in Pennsylvania
My greandfather was a coal miner-who started out as a "breaker boy". I bought this book to get insight on how conditions were when working in the coal mines in the early 1900's. This book certainly opened my eyes to see how harsh it was to earn a living in this manner. Reading this made me understand what type of life my grandfather had as a young child and gave me a better insight into what the coal mining industry was all about during this period of time.
Rating: - The Best Book About Coal Mine History
I love this book. There are more photos than any other book I've found about the history of coal mining in America. I'm so thankful that this book is out there. The photos of children who worked in the coal mine are heartbreaking. Much praise is heaped.
Rating: - growing up (or not) in coal country
i've been researching the history of the anthracite region and specifically the experience of miners and their families, and this was one of the most useful books i've seen. by detailing the different jobs the boys in the mines did, bartoletti also manages to describe how a mine worked in ways that other books on mining don't really explain. it covers the whole process by telling stories about the different jobs the kids did.
the photos too are wonderful. you get a real sense of how much these kids are both children and yet so remarkably grown up, just from the looks in their eyes.
the stories about them range from terrifically sad (i cried a few times) to heartwarming and sweet. the book doesn't come off as bombast or pure sentiment, but keeps a very journalistic view of these kids & their reality.
i highly recommend it.
Rating:  - Glimpses from a bygone era
This is a fascinating book about the life and times of the coal miners in Pennsylvania when "coal was king" and child labor laws were things of the future. The photographs, especially those involving children, are haunting; and Susan Bartoletti's text is lucid and poignant. Impressions of the "breaker boys", "nippers", "spraggers", and the "fire boss" lingered in my mind long after I finished reading this book.
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