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My City Was Gone : One American Town's Toxic Secret, Its Angry Band of Locals, and a $700 Million Day in Court by Dennis Love (2006, Hardcover)

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PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060585501
ISBN-139780060585501
eBay Product ID (ePID)50349796

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Book TitleMy City Was Gone : One American Town's Toxic Secret, Its Angry Band of Locals, and a $700 Million Day in Court
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicEnvironmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Environmental, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Sociology / General
IllustratorYes
GenreLaw, Social Science, Science, History
AuthorDennis Love
FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight16.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in

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LCCN2006-043304
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal363.738/4
SynopsisHighway 202 veers west from Anniston, Alabama, population 24,000, as if it suddenly just decided to get the hell out of town. . . . Powerful and important, My City Was Gone is the cautionary tale of how a hardworking small town was destroyed by the very forces that created it. Anniston, Alabama, was once a thriving industrial hub, home to a Monsanto chemical plant as well as a federal depot for chemical weapons. Now its notoriety comes from its exceptionally high cancer rate-some 25 percent above the state norm-and the town's determined citizens, who joined together and struck back at the corporation that employed them-and poisoned them. Dennis Love's bold, gripping narrative unfolds through the stories of three Annistonians: David Baker, the black community activist and environmental folk hero who would lead the charge against the polluters; Chip Howell, the white mayor who defended and provided political cover for the army; and the author himself, a native son who shares his memories and offers compelling insight as the events unfold. Throughout, Love introduces a diverse collection of citizens-heroes and villains, bystanders and victims-whose experiences put a human face on this modern tragedy. "Anniston-," Love writes, "created from whole cloth to serve exclusively at the pleasure of commerce, a Reconstruction-era ?model city' envisioned by its profiteering yet starry-eyed founders as a Utopian centerpiece of the Industrial Age-became the victim of a staggering, even historic, environmental double-whammy, brought on by the harsh, consumptive legacy of its longstanding paternal influences, the twin gods of Industry and National Defense." As provocative and timely as Erin Brokovich or A Civil Action, My City Was Gone is a magnificently told true story of ordinary citizens in a small Southern town who led a legendary fight against corporate pollution and wrongdoing., "Highway 202 veers west from Anniston, Alabama, population 24,000, as if it suddenly just decided to get the hell out of town. . . ." Powerful and important, "My City Was Gone" is the cautionary tale of how a hardworking small town was destroyed by the very forces that created it. Anniston, Alabama, was once a thriving industrial hub, home to a Monsanto chemical plant as well as a federal depot for chemical weapons. Now its notoriety comes from its exceptionally high cancer ratesome 25 percent above the state normand the town's determined citizens, who joined together and struck back at the corporation that employed themand poisoned them. Dennis Love's bold, gripping narrative unfolds through the stories of three Annistonians: David Baker, the black community activist and environmental folk hero who would lead the charge against the polluters; Chip Howell, the white mayor who defended and provided political cover for the army; and the author himself, a native son who shares his memories and offers compelling insight as the events unfold. Throughout, Love introduces a diverse collection of citizensheroes and villains, bystanders and victimswhose experiences put a human face on this modern tragedy. "Anniston," Love writes, "created from whole cloth to serve exclusively at the pleasure of commerce, a Reconstruction-era 'model city' envisioned by its profiteering yet starry-eyed founders as a Utopian centerpiece of the Industrial Agebecame the victim of a staggering, even historic, environmental double-whammy, brought on by the harsh, consumptive legacy of its longstanding paternal influences, the twin gods of Industry andNational Defense." As provocative and timely as "Erin Brokovich" or "A Civil Action," "My City Was Gone" is a magnificently told true story of ordinary citizens in a small Southern town who led a legendary fight against corporate pollution and wrongdoing.
LC Classification NumberTD427.P65L68 2006

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  • by wac656667
    07 Jul, 2016

    the fight hasnt ended

    I am so glad that the people of Anniston got the mess cleaned up, (or so they tell us), but the WACS and MP's on the base werent even told...and we all have similar symptoms.. thank you for this information and may you have a good life..you have earned it.

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