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A SELECTION OF ANTHRACITE HISTORY BOOKS

Compiled by Prof. Bob Wolensky for the Anthracite Heritage Foundation(Recommendations for additions can be sent to [email protected])

www.AnthraciteHeritageFoundation.org

Aurand, Harold, Coalcracker Culture: Work and Values in PennsylvaniaAnthracite, 1835-1935

June 2003

Publisher: Susquehanna University Press514 University Avenue

Selinsgrove, PA 17870570-374-0101 (phone)

Available at: www.amazon.com

Cost: $31.23-$43.30 (new and used)

Blatz, Perry K., Democratic Miners:Work and Labor Relations in theAnthracite Coal Industry, 1875-1925

March 1994

Publisher: State University of New York (SUNY) Press22 Corporate Woods Boulevard, 3rd FloorAlbany, NY 12211-2504866-430-786 (phone)518-472-5038 (fax)

Available at: http://www.sunypress.edu/

Cost: $29.95 (paper) $57.50 (hard cover)
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Dublin, Thomas and Walter Licht, The Face of Decline: The PennsylvaniaAnthracite Region in the Twentieth Century

November 2005

Publisher: Cornell University PressBox 6525

750 Cascadilla StreetIthaca, NY 14851-6525607-277-2211 (phone)607-277-6292 (fax)

Available at: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/

Cost: $24.95 (paper) $85.00 (hard cover)

Dublin, Thomas, When the Mines Closed: Stories of Struggle in HardTimes

September 1998


750 Cascadilla StreetIthaca, NY 14851-6525607-277-2211 (phone)607-277-6292 (fax)

Available at: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/

Cost: $24.95 (paper)

Healey, Richard G., The Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Industry, 1960-1902

December 2007

Publisher: University of Scranton PressThe University of Scranton,

Scranton, PA 18510570-941-4228 (phone)570-941-7085 (fax)


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Howard, Walter T., Anthracite Reds: A Documentary History of Communistsin Northeastern Pennsylvania during the 1920s

August 2004Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.

1663 Liberty DriveBloomington, IN 47403800-288-4677 (phone)812-355-4085 (fax)

Available at: http://www.iuniverse.com/

Cost: $6.00-$31.95 (e-book, paper, hard cover range)

Howard, Walter T., Forgotten Radicals: Communists in the PennsylvaniaAnthracite, 1919-1950

January 2005

Publisher: University Press Of America (Rowman & Littlefield)4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200

Lanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 (phone)301-429-5748 (fax)



Kenny, Kevin, Making Sense of the Molly Maguires February 1988

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA198 Madison AvenueNew York, NY 10016 U.S.A.

212-726-6000 (phone)Available at: http://www.oup.com/us/

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Miller, Donald L. and Richard K. Sharpless, The Kingdom of Coal: Work,Enterprise, and Ethnic Communities in the Mine Fields

March 1999

Publisher: Canal History & Technology Press30 Center SquareEaston, PA 18042-7743

610-559-6613 (phone)610-250-6686 (fax)



Mosley, Philip, Anthracite!: An Anthology of Pennsylvania Coal RegionPlays

October 2006

Publisher: University of Scranton PressThe University of Scranton,

Scranton, PA 18510570-941-4228 (phone)570-941-7085 (fax)



Phelan, Craig, Divided Loyalties: The Public and Private Life of LaborLeader John Mitchell

September 1994

Publisher: State University of New York (SUNY) Press22 Corporate Woods Boulevard, 3rd FloorAlbany, NY 12211-2504866-430-786 (phone)518-472-5038 (fax)

Available at: http://www.sunypress.edu/

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Richards, John Stuart, Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region February 2002

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing420 Wando Park Blvd.

Mount Pleasant, SC 29464843-853-2070 (phone)

843-853-0044 (fax)

Available at: http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/


Ruth, Philip, Of Pulleys and Ropes and Gears 1997

Publisher: Wayne County Historical Society810 Main Street

Honesdale, PA 18431570-253-3240 (phone)570-253-5204 (fax)

Available at: http://www.waynehistorypa.org/


Wallace, Anthony F., St. Clair: A Nineteenth-Century Coal TownsExperience with a Disaster-Prone Industry

September 1988


750 Cascadilla Street

Ithaca, NY 14851-6525607-277-2211 (phone)607-277-6292 (fax)


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Wolensky, Robert P., Kenneth C., and Nicole H., The Knox MineDisaster: The Final Years of the Northern Anthracite Industry and theEffort to Rebuild a Regional Economy

January 1999

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and MuseumCommission

300 North StreetHarrisburg, PA 17120717-787-3362 (phone)717-783-9924 (fax)

Available at:

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Wolensky, Robert P. and Joseph M. Keating, Tragedy at Avondale: TheCauses, Consequences, and Legacy of the Pennsylvania AnthraciteIndustry's Most Deadly Mining Disaster, September 6, 1869

March 2008

Publisher: Canal History & Technology Press

30 Center SquareEaston, PA 18042-7743610-559-6613 (phone)610-250-6686 (fax)

Available at: http://www.canals.org/


Wolensky, Robert P., Kenneth C., and Nicole H., Voices of the KnoxMine Disaster

2005

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and MuseumCommission

300 North StreetHarrisburg, PA 17120717-787-3362 (phone)717-783-9924 (fax)


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