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Something's Rising : Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal by Silas House and Jason Howard is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Something's Rising : Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal about?
<p>Like an old-fashioned hymn sung in rounds, Something's Rising gives a stirring voice to the lives, culture, and determination of the people fighting the destructive practice of mountaintop removal in the coalfields of central Appalachia. Each person's story, unique and unfiltered, articulates the hardship of living in these majestic mountains amid the daily desecration of the land by the coal industry because of America's insistence on cheap energy. Developed as an alternative to strip mining
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Silas House and Jason Howard
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780813173412
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Sports, Nature, History
- Rating
- 4.28 / 5 (132 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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