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Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland
by
Jeff Biggers
Cultural historian Jeff Biggers takes us to the dark amphitheatre ruins of his family of a secret legacy of shame and resiliency.
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published
January 26th 2010
by Nation Books
(first published 2009)
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Everyone from southern Illinois should buy and read this book.
Everyone from north of I-70 who likes to snort haughtily and feel superior to those from southern Illinois, dismissed as hillbillies, should buy and read this book. You might learn something.
Everyone who's heard of this FutureGen foolishness being crammed down our throats here in Illinois should buy and read this book.
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Everyone from north of I-70 who likes to snort haughtily and feel superior to those from southern Illinois, dismissed as hillbillies, should buy and read this book. You might learn something.
Everyone who's heard of this FutureGen foolishness being crammed down our throats here in Illinois should buy and read this book.
Everyone who fails to understand why unions matter should buy and read this boo...more
This book is a good overview of the history of coal mining in Illinois, but its main focus is the region of southern Illinois around Eagle Creek. Just south of Eagle Creek, the Shawnee National Forest holds some of the most beautiful land in Illinois. I've hiked through a lot of that land over the last 20 years but I never knew the ravages of the coal industry were so close. This book was a real eye-opener for me.
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