Voices of the Knox Mine Disaster Book

Companion volume to the best-selling The Knox Mine Disaster (1999). This fascinating book tells the story of the 1959 Knox Mine Disaster through the voices of the survivors, the victim s families, newspaper accounts, and through the literature and music generated by the tragedy. The stories and illustrations are poignant and often heart-wrenching. They bring history to life in the words of the people who lived through the experiences, and those who were moved to commemorate the tragedy, among the most significant in the history of American coal mining. it.