Tales of the Mine Country

by Eric McKeever

Tales of the Mine Country is a collection of memories from the author's childhood in the Pennsylvania coal region of Shamokin during the 1930's. Some tales are true, some only partly so, but they all are authentic oral history.

124 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

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[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tales of an era gone, but not yet forgotten of the men and families who lived, mined, and died in an era when men were men, women were women. Hard lives, hard bodies, hard drinkers.