Underground Fire: Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage in the Cherry Mine Disaster
Sally M. Walker, maps, diagrams by Rita Csizmadia
This narrative nonfiction book recounts a 1909 coal-mine disaster in Illinois. A fire underground traps hundreds of men, and the account follows the rescue effort in a minute-by-minute structure. It focuses on the danger faced below ground and on attempts to reach the miners. Greyscale maps and diagrams help trace the disaster, while archival photographs and images add historical material. The book presents a documented account of a mine fire and its consequences for the people caught in it.
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