Labor history on this day in 1986, a mining tradition dating back to 1911 ended. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Anetka kaminska has to leave her home in poland to marry a coal miner in lattimer, pennsylvania. The deerness series kindle edition by gill, elizabeth. Buy the coal miners wife the deerness series by gill, elizabeth isbn.
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