Author : Elizabeth Ferguson Brown
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 22,35 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
A child's trip to her grandmother's house located in a coal-mining region result in a memorable Christmas.
Author : Shirley Stewart Burns
Publisher :
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 39,31 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN :
An illustrated chronicle of the growing protest movement against mountaintop removal mining (MTR) of coal in Appalachia, including essays, commentary, and oral histories.
Author : Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 15,47 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780395979143
Describes what life was like, especially for children, in coal mines and mining towns in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Author : James R. Rada (Jr.)
Publisher : Aim Publishing Group
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 35,1 MB
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Coal miners
ISBN : 9780971459977
Story of the life and death of the coal-mining town Shallmar, Maryland. When the coal mine, the town's only business, closed in March 1949, the residents starved in the fall. When the story got out, aid came from nearly every state in the country as well as abroad.
Author : Cynthia Rylant
Publisher : Scholastic
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 25,63 MB
Release : 2005-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780439769853
A girl reflects on Christmas at her grandparent's home in the country, with its fresh-cut tree, handmade ornaments, gifts from Santa, and special church services.
Author : Lois Walker West
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 39,42 MB
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1642588121
Living in a home with no electricity, no indoor plumbing, and an outhouse for a bathroom is a few of the true inconveniences experienced by the author as a child. Her parents had lived in Kentucky long before she was born. Her ancestors found their way into the Kentucky mountains from Scotland and Ireland by way of England in search of a better life. The search ended when they reached the southeastern Kentucky mountains. Land in that area was most likely available through land grants. In the early 1930s, the father inherited a parcel of the land that was once owned by the great-grandfather. These twenty acres or more provided the family a way to survive in this remote area. The natural wooded area changed drastically when coal was found in that area of Kentucky. A large part of the grandfather's land was leased to a coal mining company. The development of coal mining communities covered many acres of the land. This was when Allais, Kentucky, was added to the map. After many years of working underground in a coal mine, the father was diagnosed with a form of leukemia in the late 1940s. He was blessed with relatives and friends in Allais when they donated the blood he needed to live. He prayed to God to keep him alive until all his children were on their own. God chose to take him in a car accident the day his last child was getting her marriage license. The author's memories of her happy childhood are true experiences, and her love of Kentucky will remain and be passed on to all her present and future generations.
Author : Stephanie Hoover
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 18,35 MB
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1625850816
Politics in Kelayres turned deadly on November 5, 1934. When Republican boss "Big Joe" Bruno sensed his grip on Pennsylvania's anthracite coal region slipping away with the night's election, he and a few family members opened fire on a peaceful Democratic parade passing Bruno's home. The carnage was shocking--five men gunned down and nearly two dozen other victims wounded but alive. Convicted and sentenced to the Schuylkill County Prison, Bruno quickly escaped, allegedly with help from the guard. It took authorities eight months to put him back behind bars. Author Stephanie Hoover delves into this true story of politics, murder and deceit.
Author :
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 34,89 MB
Release : 2010-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0786460199
This comprehensive bibliography includes books written about or set in Appalachia from the 18th century to the present. Titles represent the entire region as defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission, including portions of 13 states stretching from southern New York to northern Mississippi. The bibliography is arranged in alphabetical order by author, and each title is accompanied by an annotation, most of which include composite reviews and critical analyses of the work. All classic genres of children's literature are represented.
Author : Bette D. Ammon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 50,72 MB
Release : 1996-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0313090130
This guide provides a single-source, comprehensive listing of a fascinating and helpful group of books-picture books for older readers. A multitude of ideas about how to use them in the classroom supplements this list of carefully selected quality fiction and nonfiction books that focuses on universal themes, appeals to all ages, addresses important issues, and is accessible to multiple learning styles. Picture books aren't just for the very young. Innovative educators and parents have used them for years with readers of all ages and reading levels, knowing that students comprehend more from the visual-verbal connections these books offer. They are great tools for teaching visual literacy and writing skills; are effective with reluctant readers, ESL students, and those reading below grade level; and can easily be used to support various curriculum. This guide provides a single-source, comprehensive listing of a fascinating and helpful group of books and a multitude of ideas about how to use them in the classroom. The authors have carefully selected quality fiction and nonfiction that focus on universal themes, appeal to all ages, treat important issues, and are accessible to multiple learning styles.
Author : Bobby Hutchinson
Publisher : Bobby Hutchinson
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,86 MB
Release : 2023-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1927785529
Four nostalgic, heart-warming Christmas romances to curl up with and enjoy. ANNIE'S LETTER: (prequel to Lantern In The Window) 1885--WIFE WANTED, OLDER WOMAN, MUST HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF HOUSEWIFERY AND FARMING. OBJECT, MATRIMONY. Annie answered Noah’s newspaper ad for a mail order wife because her deaf sister, Bets, was going to die if she went on working in Lazenby’s Cotton Mill. Annie's landlady, Elinora Potts, assured Annie that the not-so-little lies she told in her letters were necessary. Does the end ever justify the means? Elinora is certain it does. BUT ANNIE IS TERRIFIED. What will happen to her and Bets when Noah finds out the truth? LANTERN IN THE WINDOW; Annie, a young, desperate mail-order bride, who's never laid eyes on a cow, marries Noah, a farmer who advertises for an experienced, older farm woman. And she also doesn't mention that her deaf sister is part of the bargain. But Noah isn't honest either. His old, sick father needs cared for--and even Noah can't deal with the old man's anger and violence. Needed-one big Christmas miracle! CAROL'S CHRISTMAS; December 23, 1914, in a small coal mining town deep in the Canadian Rockies. What changes can a faraway war bring to a tiny coal mining town, and the woman who's struggling to know herself? Carol, with her two beautiful babies and the husband she adores, can't help but envy Julia, the mysterious woman next door, who seems to have no worries about money. Carol invites Julia and her husband to Christmas Eve supper, and learns that how others live might not be what she yearns for. SNOW KISSED CHRISTMAS: 1903 IN A WESTERN COAL MINING TOWN. Christmas Eve, snow, a new baby coming---and no money. Deep in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Anna lives with her husband, William, and her two young children, Sophie, 7, and Thomas, 5. The underground coal mine where William works isn't operating full time, and although they've made toys for Sophie and Thomas, Anna is frightened and sad, worried for her beloved family. It's snowing hard, and the world feels bleak and joyless. IT WOULD TAKE A MIRACLE TO MAKE THIS STORMY CHRISTMAS MERRY. Sometimes miracles can come in the most remarkable fashion. And sometimes the angels that bring them are the most unlikely.
