A SELECTION OF ANTHRACITE HISTORY BOOKS

Compiled by Prof. Bob Wolensky for the Anthracite Heritage Foundation

(Recommendations for additions can be sent to rwolensk@uwsp.edu)

Aurand, Harold, Coalcracker Culture: Work and Values in Pennsylvania Anthracite, 1835-1935 June 2003 Publisher: Susquehanna University Press 514 University Avenue Selinsgrove, PA 17870 570-374-0101 (phone) Available at: Cost: www.amazon.com $31.23-$43.30 (new and used)

Blatz, Perry K., Democratic Miners: Work and Labor Relations in the Anthracite Coal Industry, 1875-1925 March 1994 Publisher: State University of New York (SUNY) Press 22 Corporate Woods Boulevard, 3rd Floor Albany, NY 12211-2504 866-430-786 (phone) 518-472-5038 (fax) Available at: Cost: http://www.sunypress.edu/ $29.95 (paper) $57.50 (hard cover)

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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 rwolensk@uwsp.edu)

Dublin, Thomas and Walter Licht, The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century November 2005 Publisher: Cornell University Press Box 6525 750 Cascadilla Street Ithaca, NY 14851-6525 607-277-2211 (phone) 607-277-6292 (fax) http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/ $24.95 (paper) $85.00 (hard cover)

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Dublin, Thomas, When the Mines Closed: Stories of Struggle in Hard Times September 1998 Publisher: Cornell University Press Box 6525 750 Cascadilla Street Ithaca, NY 14851-6525 607-277-2211 (phone) 607-277-6292 (fax) http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/ $24.95 (paper)

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Healey, Richard G., The Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Industry, 19601902 December 2007 Publisher: University of Scranton Press The University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510 570-941-4228 (phone) 570-941-7085 (fax) www.amazon.com $24.86-$58.48 (new and used)

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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 rwolensk@uwsp.edu)

Howard, Walter T., Anthracite Reds: A Documentary History of Communists in Northeastern Pennsylvania during the 1920s August 2004 Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. 1663 Liberty Drive Bloomington, IN 47403 800-288-4677 (phone) 812-355-4085 (fax) http://www.iuniverse.com/ $6.00-$31.95 (e-book, paper, hard cover range)

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Howard, Walter T., Forgotten Radicals: Communists in the Pennsylvania Anthracite, 1919-1950 January 2005 Publisher: University Press Of America (Rowman & Littlefield) 4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200 Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 (phone) 301-429-5748 (fax) www.amazon.com $39.95-$53.48 (new and used)

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Kenny, Kevin, Making Sense of the Molly Maguires February 1988 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 198 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 U.S.A. 212-726-6000 (phone) http://www.oup.com/us/ $30.00 (paper)

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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 rwolensk@uwsp.edu)

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 Press 30 Center Square Easton, PA 18042-7743 610-559-6613 (phone) 610-250-6686 (fax) Available at: Cost: www.amazon.com $14.95-$45.39 (new and used)

Mosley, Philip, Anthracite!: An Anthology of Pennsylvania Coal Region Plays October 2006 Publisher: University of Scranton Press The University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510 570-941-4228 (phone) 570-941-7085 (fax) www.amazon.com $12.93-$92.95 (new and used)

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Phelan, Craig, Divided Loyalties: The Public and Private Life of Labor Leader John Mitchell September 1994 Publisher: State University of New York (SUNY) Press 22 Corporate Woods Boulevard, 3rd Floor Albany, NY 12211-2504 866-430-786 (phone) 518-472-5038 (fax) Available at: Cost: http://www.sunypress.edu/ $31.95 (paper)

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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 rwolensk@uwsp.edu)

Richards, John Stuart, Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region February 2002 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing 420 Wando Park Blvd. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 843-853-2070 (phone) 843-853-0044 (fax) http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/ $21.99 (paper)

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Ruth, Philip, Of Pulleys and Ropes and Gears 1997 Publisher: Wayne County Historical Society 810 Main Street Honesdale, PA 18431 570-253-3240 (phone) 570-253-5204 (fax) Available at: Cost: http://www.waynehistorypa.org/ $15.00 (paper)

Wallace, Anthony F., St. Clair: A Nineteenth-Century Coal Towns Experience with a Disaster-Prone Industry September 1988 Publisher: Cornell University Press Box 6525 750 Cascadilla Street Ithaca, NY 14851-6525 607-277-2211 (phone) 607-277-6292 (fax) www.amazon.com $1.32-$87.94 (new and used)

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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 rwolensk@uwsp.edu)

Wolensky, Robert P., Kenneth C., and Nicole H., The Knox Mine Disaster: The Final Years of the Northern Anthracite Industry and the Effort to Rebuild a Regional Economy January 1999 Publisher: Commission Pennsylvania Historical and Museum

300 North Street Harrisburg, PA 17120 717-787-3362 (phone) 717-783-9924 (fax) Available at: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&mode=2&objID =1426 Cost: $13.95 (paper)

Wolensky, Robert P. and Joseph M. Keating, Tragedy at Avondale: The Causes, Consequences, and Legacy of the Pennsylvania Anthracite Industry's Most Deadly Mining Disaster, September 6, 1869 March 2008 Publisher: Canal History & Technology Press 30 Center Square Easton, PA 18042-7743 610-559-6613 (phone) 610-250-6686 (fax) Available at: Cost: http://www.canals.org/ $19.95 (paper)

Wolensky, Robert Mine Disaster 2005 Publisher: Commission

P., Kenneth C., and Nicole H., Voices of the Knox

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum 300 North Street Harrisburg, PA 17120 717-787-3362 (phone) 717-783-9924 (fax)

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