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The Book of the Dead - Rukeyser, Muriel, and Moore, Catherine Venable (Introduction by)
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"Written in response to the Hawk's Nest Tunnel disaster of 1931 in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, The Book of the Dead is an important part of West Virginia's cultural heritage and a powerful account of one of the worst industrial catastrophes in American history. The poems collected here investigate the roots of a tragedy that killed hundreds of workers, most of them African American. They are a rare engagement with the overlap between race and environment in Appalachia. Published for the first time alongside photographs by ...

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The Book of the Dead 2018, West Virginia University Press

ISBN-13: 9781946684219

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