Drawing upon contemporary newspaper accounts, Richards describes eight of the most notorious mining accidents that occurred in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania during the 19th and 20t
Hailing from Schuylkill County, the brave men of Company C participated in battles throughout the Union and the Confederacy, spent time in the prison at Andersonville and produced two Medal of Honor r
Four distinct anthracite coal fields encompass an area of 1,700 square miles in the northeastern portion of Pennsylvania. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, underground coal mining
Letters and stories of American soldiers that were printed in local newspapers throughout the involvement of the United States in World War I are presented chronologically. The letters are accompanied
