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Roger L. Philpot Kentucky Coal Miners

Where They Worked, Where They Lived

Education
English
2392 Words
Ages 10 and up
2966
10

The coal miner I know comes from a special breed of man who works in the darkness under dangerous conditions and breathes the coal dust that gives him black lung and no hope of a retirement future. The work is dirty and dangerous and many lost their lives due to the neglect of mine operators and poor implementation of State and Federal laws regulating the way mining should be conducted. The work is dirty and dangerous and many lost their lives due to the neglect of mine operators and poor implementation of state and Federal laws regulating the way mining should be conducted. The miners and their families lived in a settlement called coal camps. The houses, merchandise store, church, and schools were owned by the coal company. I am the son of a Kentucky coal miner, I was raised in a coal camp. This is my story. [more]

Keywords: Coal Mining, Coal, Coal Miner, Coal Pictures, Mining disasters, Coal Mining facts

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Roger L. Philpot Coal Miner's Poems

From Light To Dark

Poetry
English
2129 Words
No Age Recommendation
14332
31

Collection of poems written by coal miners and others who have experienced the life in the Appalachian coalfields. [more]

Keywords: coal miner poems, coal miner poetry, poems written by coal miners, coal mining, coal, coal mining accidents, coal mining disasters poetry, poetry of coal mining

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Aidan Miller The Coal Elf Brigade

The Coal Elf Brigade

Fiction
English
1 Words
No Age Recommendation
430
0

Want a short action-packed Christmas story? Well this is it! Great for short moments when you have nothing [more]

Keywords: Elves, Santa, Christmas, North Pole, Fiction, Fun

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Upton Sinclair King Coal

A Novel

History
English
123393 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968), was an American author who wrote nearly 100 books across a number of genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle (1906), which exposed conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. [more]

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Allen Anderson Coal shovel diamond theft

Short Story
English
8880 Words
Ages 12 and up
76
0

Popular young businessman and train hobbyist solves a local jewellery hiest with luck and gets his just desserts.

Keywords: Train enthusiast, young businessman, Jewellery heist, local theives

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The Brothers Grimm The Straw, The Coal, And The Bean

Fairy Tale
English
512 Words
No Age Recommendation
333
1

Keywords: Straw, Grimm

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MAJOR ARCHIBALD LEE FLETCHER BOY SCOUTS IN THE COAL CAVERNS

OR THE LIGHT IN TUNNEL SIX

Juvenile Fiction
English
37265 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
0

Those of our readers who have read the previous books of this series will have good cause to remember George Benton, Charley ("Sandy") Green, Tommy Gregory and Will Smith. The adventures of these lads among the Pictured Rocks of Old Superior, among the wreckers and reptiles of the Florida Everglades, in the caverns of the Great Continental Divide, and among the snows of the Hudson Bay wilderness have been recorded under appropriate titles in previous works. [more]

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Edward A Martin The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes

Fiction
English
40067 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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From the homely scuttle of coal at the side of the hearth to the gorgeously verdant vegetation of [more]

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Tyson Spence Story of Will

Without Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, or Hope

Short Story
English
2 Words
No Age Recommendation
366
0

William Gray is all alone in The United States 2064. There is no electricity because fossil fuels have [more]

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Lara Coal Winter and the crazy classroom

Short Story
English
103 Words
No Age Recommendation
427
1

When Winter Dark Moon stayed in her classroom and things started coming alive

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