Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness Radical Strip Mining and the Devastation of Appalachia
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- Synopsis
- The mountains of Appalachia are home to one of the oldest and most diverse ecosystems in North America. But they are also host to the mother lode of American coal, and a new form of strip mining has created a state of emergency for the Appalachian wilderness and the communities that depend on it. In powerful, stirring prose Erik Reece chronicles the year he spent witnessing the systematic decimation of a single mountain in Kentucky, exposing how issues of corporate hubris, government neglect, and class conflict have all contributed to the crisis. This book is a landmark defense of a natural treasure, a core part of our national identity threatened with extinction. Winner of the Sierra Club's David R. Brower Award for Environmental Journalism.
- Copyright:
- 2006
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781440629242
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781594482366
- Publisher:
- PENGUIN group
- Date of Addition:
- 08/01/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Erik Reece
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences
- Grade Levels:
- Twelfth grade
- Reading Age:
- 18 and up
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.