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Growing up in coal country  Cover Image Book Book

Growing up in coal country / Susan Campbell Bartoletti.

Summary:

Describes what life was like, especially for children, in coal mines and mining towns in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0395778476
  • ISBN: 0395979145 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780395778470
  • ISBN: 0329125516
  • ISBN: 9780395979143
  • ISBN: 1413128092
  • ISBN: 9780329125516
  • ISBN: 9781413128093
  • Physical Description: 127 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [1996]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-126).
Formatted Contents Note:
The breaker boys -- Nippers, spraggers, and mule drivers -- Mules and rats -- The miner and his butty -- The patch village -- After a hard day's work -- The Black Maria -- Strike!
Citation/References Note:
Wilson's Children
Wilson's Junior High School
Elem. School Library Collection
Target Audience Note:
1110L Lexile
7.3 Follett Library Resources
5-8 Follett Library Resources
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 6.8 3 3 25571
Subject: Child labor > Pennsylvania > History > Juvenile literature.
Coal miners > Pennsylvania > History > Juvenile literature.
Immigrants > Pennsylvania > History > Juvenile literature.
Anthracite coal industry > Pennsylvania > History > Juvenile literature.
Coal mines and mining > Pennsylvania > History > Juvenile literature.
Coal miners > Juvenile literature.
Coal mines and mining > Juvenile literature.
Child labor > Pennsylvania > History.
Coal miners > History.
Immigrants > History.
Anthracite coal industry > History.
Coal mines and mining > History.
Pennsylvania > History.

Available copies

  • 16 of 16 copies available at Pottsville District Libraries. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Ringtown Area Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Ringtown Area Library 331.3 BAR (Text) 3999900011259E Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Ringtown Area Library J 331.3 BAR (Text) 3999900019413E Children's Area Available -


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