One evening in late October 1958, the deepest coal mine in North America "bumped"-its rock floors heaved up and smashed into rock ceilings. Most of the men on the shift perished. But nineteen men were trapped alive a mile below the earth's surface, struggling to survive without food, water, light, or fresh air. Almost a week passed without rescue. Hopes of finding life dwindled; then a miracle happened: Rescuers stumbled across a broken pipe that led to the cave of survivors. In the media circus that followed, the survivors' endurance was mythologized and twisted, and the state of Georgia's tourism ploy-inviting the survivors to recuperate on a Georgia beach-turned racist and pitted the miners against each other.
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ISBN:015602957x
ISBN:015602957X
ISBN:9780156029575
ISBN:9780151005598
ISBN:0151005591
Physical Description:print 342 p., [8] p. of plates : ill ; 24 cm.
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2003.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-332) and index.
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