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037			_bLittle Brown & Co, 53 State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 02109, (617)2270730 _nSAN 200-2205
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100	1		_aHamby, Chris,
245	1	0	_aSoul full of coal dust : _ba fight for breath and justice in Appalachia / _cChris Hamby.
246	3	0	_aFight for breath and justice in Appalachia.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bLittle, Brown and Company, _c2020.
264		4	_�2020.
300			_aviii, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), map ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent.
336			_acartographic image _bcri _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPrologue: January 10, 2007 -- Part One. Gary ; The mines ; John ; Wildcat ; Footer -- Part Two. "Go jump" ; "The great coal dust scam" ; The new coalition ; "Outlaw" ; Cotton ; The firm ; Discovery ; "Superior credentials" ; "No bad samples" ; Window ; Crooked rafter ; "All of the evidence" -- Part Three. "Creative approaches" ; "Go get 'em" ; Lost time ; Fraud on the court -- Part Four. "An affront to justice" ; "Lack of scientific independence" ; Making good -- Epilogue: December 2016.
520			_aUncovers the sobering resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia, the cover-up activities of the coal mining industry, and the awareness activities of regional mining communities.
520			_aIn a devastating and urgent work of investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize-winner, Chris Hamby, uncovers the tragic resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia, its Big Coal cover-up, and the resilient mining communities who refuse to back down. Decades have passed since black lung disease was recognized as a national disgrace and Congress was pushed to take legislative action. Since then, however, not much has changed. Big coal companies-along with their allies in the legal and medical professions-have continually flouted the law and exposed miners to deadly amounts of coal dust, while also systematically denying benefits to miners who suffer and die because of their jobs. Indeed, these men and their families, with little access to education, legal resources, and other employment options, have long been fighting to wrench even modest compensation and medical costs from our nation's biggest mining interests-all to combat a disease that could have been eradicated years ago. Tracing their heroic stories back to the very beginning, Chris Hamby, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on this issue, gives us a deeply troubling yet ultimately triumphant work that promises to do for Black Lung what Beth Macy did for the opioid epidemic. From corporate offices and mine shafts, to hospital beds and rural clinics, Soul Full of Coal Dust becomes a legal and medical thriller that brilliantly traces how a powerless band of laborers-alongside a small group of lawyers and doctors, often working out of their homes or in rural clinics and tiny offices-challenged one of the world's most powerful forces, Big Coal, and won. Full of the rich and complex atmosphere of Appalachia and packed with tales of those who have toiled in the mines of West Virginia, Soul Full of Coal Dust Sis a necessary and timely book about injustice and resistance. -- Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aLungs _xDust diseases _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aCoal miners _xDiseases _zUnited States.
650		0	_aCoal mines and mining _xHealth aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aWorkers' compensation _zUnited States.
650		0	_aCoal trade _xCorrupt practices _zUnited States.
650		0	_aCoal mines and mining _zAppalachian Region.
650		0	_aCoal miners _zAppalachian Region.
650		2	_aAnthracosis.
651		2	_aUnited States.
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