Dan Rottenberg

In the Kingdom of Coal (eBook, PDF)

An American Family and the Rock That Changed the World

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Produktbeschreibung

A former "Wall Street Journal" reporter tells the extraordinary story of coalthrough the eyes of two families--one the magnates, one the miners--over fivegenerations while locked together, for better or worse, in a common quest.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135951320
• Artikelnr.: 39478992

Autorenporträt

Dan Rottenberg is a former Wall Street Journal reporter and the author of seven books, including Revolution onWall Street: The Rise and Decline of the New York StockExchange. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, Rolling Stone, playboy and Town and Country.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION: The Message in the Necho Allen Hotel Leisenring and Givens
family trees PROLOGUE: 'There Will Come a Time' PART I: MAUCH CHUNK 1.'A
Rock That Burns' 2. A Route From the Mines 3. Holy Trinity 4. Boy Wonder of
the Anthracite 5. Souls in Darkness 6. A Road Not Taken PART II:
CONNELLSVILLE 7. The Ambitions of Henry Clay Frick 8. At War in the Coke
Fields PART III: BIG STONE GAP 9. Starting Over 10. The Rise of John L.
Lewis 11. Utopia Goes Union 12. Be Careful What You Wish For 13. Prelude to
Murder PART IV: TO THE POWDER RIVER 14. The Age of Uncertainty 15. Riding
the Roller Coaster 16. Nowhere to Hide EPILOGUE: A Hyacinth Blooms at
Imboden APPENDIX 1.Chronology 2. Principal Characters 3. Notes 4.
Bibliography 5. Acknowledgements 6. Index