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Growing up in coal country  Cover Image Book Book

Growing up in coal country / Susan Campbell Bartoletti.

Summary:

Describes what life was like, especially for children, in coal mines and mining towns in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0395778476
  • ISBN: 0395979145 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0329125516
  • Physical Description: 127 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [1996]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-126).
Formatted Contents Note:
The breaker boys -- Nippers, spraggers, and mule drivers -- Mules and rats -- The miner and his butty -- The patch village -- After a hard day's work -- The Black Maria -- Strike!
Citation/References Note:
Wilson's Children
Wilson's Junior High School
Elem. School Library Collection
Wilson's Children, June 2001
Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005
Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000
School Library Journal starred, February 1997
Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), February 1997
Booklist starred, December 1996
Horn Book Starred, March 1997
Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), April 1999
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 1997
Book Report, November 1997
Target Audience Note:
7.3 Follett Library Resources
5-8
7.3
5-8 Follett Library Resources
1110L Lexile.
Subject: Child labor > Pennsylvania > History > Juvenile literature.
Coal miners > Pennsylvania > History > Juvenile literature.
Immigrants > Pennsylvania > History > Juvenile literature.
Anthracite coal industry > Pennsylvania > History > Juvenile literature.
Coal mines and mining > Pennsylvania > History > Juvenile literature.
Child labor > Pennsylvania > History.
Coal miners > History.
Immigrants > History.
Anthracite coal industry > History.
Coal mines and mining > History.
Pennsylvania > History.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Columbia Gorge Community College Library SOCIAL SCIENCE BARTO 1996 (Text) 23892000934235 Main Collection Available -


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