Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary

Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work
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An Oprah.com â‚¬Å“Must-Read Bookâ‚¬Â

Award-winning journalist Jeanne Marie Laskas reveals â‚¬Å“enlightening, entertaining, and often poignantâ‚¬Â* profiles of America's working classâ‚¬"the forgotten men and women who make our country run.

Take the men of Hopedale Mining company in Cadiz, Ohio. Laskas spent several weeks with them, both below and above ground, and by the end, you will know not only about their work, but about Pap and his dying mom, Smitty and the mail-order bride who stood him up at the airport, and Scotty and his thwarted dreams of becoming a boxing champion.

That is only one hidden world. Others that she explores: an Alaskan oil rig, a migrant labor camp in Maine, the air traffic control center at LaGuardia Airport in New York, a beef ranch in Texas, a landfill in California, a long-haul trucker in Iowa, a gun shop in Arizona, and the Cincinnati Ben-Gals cheerleaders, mere footnotes in the moneymaking spectacle that is professional football.

â‚¬Å“Jeanne Marie Laskas is a reporting and writing powerhouse. She doesnâ‚¬t just interview the people who dig our coal and extract our oil, she goes deep into the mines and tundra with them. With beauty, wit, curiosity, and grace, she finds the hidden soul of America.Â Hidden AmericaÂ is essential reading.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Rebecca Skloot, author ofÂ The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksÂ
Country USA
Brand BERKLEY
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
Color White
ReleaseDate 2013-09-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780425267271

Country	USA
Brand	BERKLEY
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2013-09-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780425267271

Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work

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