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Goodbye Wifes and Daughters by Susan Kushner Resnick (2010, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN-100803217846
ISBN-139780803217843
eBay Product ID (ePID)79243371
Product Key Features
Book TitleGoodbye Wifes and Daughters
Number of Pages262 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, Mining, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 20th Century, Sociology / General, General, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Sociology / Marriage & Family, Labor & Employment
Publication Year2010
IllustratorYes
GenreLaw, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorSusan Kushner Resnick
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-030035
Reviews"Those who enjoy reading history and about the perseverance of the human spirit will not soon forget this story of the tragedy that left fifty-eight women widowed and 125 children fatherless."Robin Rarrell Edmunds, ForeWord, "In most history books, disasters-when they are recounted at all-are reduced to numbers. The dead. The cost. But in this remarkable look at a forgotten moment, Susan Kushner Resnick replaces statistics with detailed lives of some of the seventy-five men who died in the 1943 mine explosion in Bearcreek, Montana-an explosion that, for some families, still echoes today."-Scott Martelle, author of Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West, " Goodbye Wifes and Daughters weaves together a narrative about death and survival that provides a fascinating window into the underground coal-mining industry during World War II. Most importantly, the book is filled with the stories of peopleincluding those of the Wakenshaw, Mourich, Anderson, and Freeman familiesthat place the Smith Mine disaster squarely in a context not previously known." Jon Axline, Montana, the Magazine of Western History, "Those who enjoy reading history and about the perseverance of the human spirit will not soon forget this story of the tragedy that left fifty-eight women widowed and 125 children fatherless."-Robin Rarrell Edmunds, ForeWord, "Goodbye Wifes and Daughtersweaves together a narrative about death and survival that provides a fascinating window into the underground coal-mining industry during World War II. Most importantly, the book is filled with the stories of peopleincluding those of the Wakenshaw, Mourich, Anderson, and Freeman familiesthat place the Smith Mine disaster squarely in a context not previously known." Jon Axline,Montana, the Magazine of Western History, "What makes Resnick's book significant . . . is her account of the people of Bearcreek, the miners and their families. Her treatment of the actions of surviving women, and their relentless determination to get answers and justice, not only humanizes our understanding of the tragedy and its aftermath, it vividly illustrates the strength and courage of ordinary people living and working in a coal mining community."-Gordon Simmons, Charleston Gazette, "Susan Resnick has done a marvelous and very difficult thing. Through her fine research and wonderful prose, she has captured the heart and soul of an American town that was brilliantly alive until the day a sudden disaster all but killed it. How that day came is a matter of documentation, but Resnick is far from satisfied with mere reporting on the life and death of a town. She has dug deep, as deep as the mine beneath Montana that is the centerpiece of this remarkable history. This is one of the best books I've ever read about mining and the strong, amazing, enduring people who do it."-Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys and October Sky, "Ms. Resnick writes about a tougher time, of miners who sensed they were in danger but went into the mine anyway, determined to feed their families and keep the coal coming. . . . This story will never be told better."-David Crisp, Billings Outpost, "Resnick does an admirable job of breathing life into the story of a small town''s demise and its questioning of whether the disaster could have been avoided."Lisa Bonos,Washington Post, �Susan Resnick has done a marvelous and very difficult thing. Through her fine research and wonderful prose, she has captured the heart and soul of an American town that was brilliantly alive until the day a sudden disaster all but killed it. How that day came is a matter of documentation, but Resnick is far from satisfied with mere reporting on the life and death of a town. She has dug deep, as deep as the mine beneath Montana that is the centerpiece of this remarkable history. This is one of the best books I�ve ever read about mining and the strong, amazing, enduring people who do it.��Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys and October Sky, " Goodbye Wifes and Daughters weaves together a narrative about death and survival that provides a fascinating window into the underground coal-mining industry during World War II. Most importantly, the book is filled with the stories of people-including those of the Wakenshaw, Mourich, Anderson, and Freeman families-that place the Smith Mine disaster squarely in a context not previously known." Jon Axline, Montana, the Magazine of Western History, "Few accounts have ever done justice to the women, families and communities of coal towns, or depicted their character with such clarity as this book does. The heartrending and yet, in the end, inspiring portraits of actual people willing to battle against a callous industry are skillfully rendered."-Gordon Simmons, Charleston Gazette, "Resnick does an admirable job of breathing life into the story of a small town''s demise and its questioning of whether the disaster could have been avoided."Lisa Bonos, Washington Post, "Resnick does an admirable job of breathing life into the story of a small town's demise and its questioning of whether the disaster could have been avoided."-Lisa Bonos, Washington Post, "Those who enjoy reading history and about the perseverance of the human spirit will not soon forget this story of the tragedy that left fifty-eight women widowed and 125 children fatherless."Robin Rarrell Edmunds,ForeWord, "What makes Resnick''s book significant . . . is her account of the people of Bearcreek, the miners and their families. Her treatment of the actions of surviving women, and their relentless determination to get answers and justice, not only humanizes our understanding of the tragedy and its aftermath, it vividly illustrates the strength and courage of ordinary people living and working in a coal mining community."Gordon Simmons, Charleston Gazette, "Those who enjoy reading history and about the perseverance of the human spirit will not soon forget this story of the tragedy that left fifty-eight women widowed and 125 children fatherless."-Robin Rarrell Edmunds, ForeWord, �In most history books, disasters�when they are recounted at all�are reduced to numbers. The dead. The cost. But in this remarkable look at a forgotten moment, Susan Kushner Resnick replaces statistics with detailed lives of some of the seventy-five men who died in the 1943 mine explosion in Bearcreek, Montana�an explosion that, for some families, still echoes today.��Scott Martelle, author of Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West, "Few accounts have ever done justice to the women, families and communities of coal towns, or depicted their character with such clarity as this book does. The heartrending and yet, in the end, inspiring portraits of actual people willing to battle against a callous industry are skillfully rendered."-Gordon Simmons,Charleston Gazette, "What makes Resnick''s book significant . . . is her account of the people of Bearcreek, the miners and their families. Her treatment of the actions of surviving women, and their relentless determination to get answers and justice, not only humanizes our understanding of the tragedy and its aftermath, it vividly illustrates the strength and courage of ordinary people living and working in a coal mining community."Gordon Simmons,Charleston Gazette, "Those who enjoy reading history and about how the perseverance of the human spirit will not soon forget this story of the tragedy that left fifty-eight women widowed and 125 children fatherless."Robin Rarrell Edmunds,ForeWord, "Ms. Resnick writes about a tougher time, of miners who sensed they were in danger but went into the mine anyway, determined to feed their families and keep the coal coming. . . . This story will never be told better."-David Crisp,Billings Outpost, "Few accounts have ever done justice to the women, families and communities of coal towns, or depicted their character with such clarity as this book does. The heartrending and yet, in the end, inspiring portraits of actual people willing to battle against a callous industry are skillfully rendered."Gordon Simmons, Charleston Gazette, "Ms. Resnick writes about a tougher time, of miners who sensed they were in danger but went into the mine anyway, determined to feed their families and keep the coal coming. . . . This story will never be told better."David Crisp, Billings Outpost
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal978.6/652032
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction Prologue: The Centennial 1. The Romance 2. The Inspection 3. The Teenagers 4. The Union 5. The Mice 6. The Notebook 7. The Explosion 8. The Panic 9. The Rescuers 10. The Travelers 11. The Wait 12. The Games 13. The Beloved 14. The Good-byes 15. The Grief 16. The Clues 17. The Exodus 18. The Inquest 19. The Blame 20. The Crash 21. The Survivors Notes Bibliography
SynopsisOne morning in 1943, close to eighty men descended into the Smith coal mine in Bearcreek, Montana. Only three came out alive. "Goodbye wifes and daughters..." wrote two of the miners as they died. The story of that tragic day and its aftermath unfolds in this book through the eyes of those wives and daughters., One morning in 1943, close to eighty men descended into the Smith coal mine in Bearcreek, Montana. Only three came out alive. "Goodbye wifes and daughters . . ." wrote two of the miners as they died. The story of that tragic day and its aftermath unfolds in this book through the eyes of those wives and daughters--women who lost their husbands, fathers, and sons, livelihoods, neighbors, and homes, yet managed to fight back and persevere. Susan Kushner Resnick has uncovered the story behind all those losses. She chronicles the missteps and questionable ethics of the mine's managers, who blamed their disregard for safety on the exigencies of World War II; the efforts of an earnest federal mine inspector and the mine union's president (later a notorious murderer), who tried in vain to make the mine safer; the heroism of the men who battled for nine days to rescue the trapped miners; and the effect the disaster had on the entire mining industry. Resnick illuminates a particular historical tragedy with all its human ramifications while also reminding us that such tragedies caused by corporate greed and indifference are with us to this day.
LC Classification NumberF739.B36R47 2010
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