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Hidden America
From Coal Miners to Cowboys, An Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work
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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.
Imprint:
New York - GP Putnam's Sons
Pages:
318
ISBN:
9780399159008, 0399159002
Language:
English
Notes:
"Published simultaneously in Canada"--T.p. verso
Underworld : Hopedale Mining, Cadiz, Ohio -- Hecho en América : 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 National 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
Underworld : Hopedale Mining, Cadiz, Ohio -- Hecho en América : 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 National 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
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Jeanne Marie Laskas
Characteristics:
318 p. ;,24 cm
Author (Original Script):
Laskas, Jeanne Marie
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Add a CommentNice that Laskas is paying attention to these unseen workers, but I found these profiles to be thin & unfocused. A Mark Bowden or a Barbara Ehrenreich could have done better.