Digging a Hole to Heaven: Coal Miner Boys

by S. D. Nelson

Hardcover, 2014

Status

Available

Genres

Children's Books

Publication

Harry N. Abrams (2014), 64 pages

Description

Discusses what life was like for the boys who worked in America's coal mines in the early nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and shares the story of a young coal miner who endeavors to save miners trapped in a collapsed tunnel.

Awards

NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2015)

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

64 p.; 10 inches

ISBN

1419707302 / 9781419707308

Barcode

5732

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