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Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness Radical Strip Mining and the Devastation Ofappalachia

by Erik Reece

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A new form of strip mining has caused a state of emergency for the Appalachian wilderness and the communities that depend on it-a crisis compounded by issues of government neglect, corporate hubris, and class conflict. In this powerful call to arms, Erik Reece chronicles the year he spent witnessing the systematic decimation of a single mountain and offers a landmark defense of a national treasure threatened with extinction.

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This groundbreaking work of literary nonfiction exposes how radical strip mining is destroying one of America's most precious natural resources and the communities that depend upon it.
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Erik Reece is a writer in residence at the University of Kentucky. His work appears in The New York Times, Harper's, The Nation, Orion, and The Oxford American, among other publications.
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merick0, April 1, 2007 (view all comments by merick0)
if want to know how economic injustice in eastern
kentucky contributes to global warming. it will become a classic in universities across the country
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ISBN:
9781594482366
Subtitle:
A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness Radical Strip Mining andthe Devastation ofAppalachia
Author:
Reece, Erik
Photographer:
Cox, John J.
Foreword by:
Berry, Wendell
Foreword:
Berry, Wendell
Publisher:
Riverhead Trade
Subject:
Mountains
Subject:
Mining
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection
Subject:
Appalachian Region
Subject:
Environmental aspects
Subject:
Strip mining -- Environmental aspects.
Subject:
Ecosystems & Habitats - Mountains
Subject:
Nature Studies-Biology
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Publication Date:
20070206
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.24x6.34x.63 in. .57 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18
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