Bibliograph

Hidden America, from coal miners to cowboys, an extraordinary exploration of the unseen people who make this country work, Jeanne Marie Laskas

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Hidden America, from coal miners to cowboys, an extraordinary exploration of the unseen people who make this country work, Jeanne Marie Laskas

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hidden America

Responsibility statement

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Sub title

from coal miners to cowboys, an extraordinary exploration of the unseen people who make this country work

Summary

Looks at the remarkable men and women whose low-profile accomplishments contribute to the running of the nation, from coal miners and oil rig workers to migrant laborers and air traffic controllers

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Underworld : Hopedale Mining, Cadiz, Ohio -- Hecho en America : Migrant Labor Camp, Cherryfield, Maine -- G-L-O-R-Y : Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio -- Traffic : Air Traffic Control Tower, LaGuardia Airport, New York, New York -- Guns "R" us : Sprague's Sports, Yuma, Arizona -- Beef : R.A. Brown Ranch, Throckmorton, Texas -- The Rig : Pioneer Natural Resources Oil Rig, Oooguruk Island, off the Shores of Alaska's North Slope -- Sputter : I-80, Exit 284, Walcott, Iowa -- This is Paradise : Puente Hills Landfill, City of Industry, California

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

From coal miners to cowboys, an extraordinary exploration of the unseen people who make this country work

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