coal mines and mining

Set in the coal mining town of Hastings, Colorado, Carm and her family learn to cope after the death of Papa in a tragic accident.

After his father's death, fourteen-year-old Pat is forced to go to work in the coal mines that dominate his Pennsylvania town and becomes involved in the big mine workers' strike of 1902.

The story of the lives and emotional conflicts of two sisters. Ursula falls in love with Birkin and Gudrum has a tragic affair with Gerald, the son of the local colliery owner.

Thirteen-year-old Kit goes to live with his grandfather in the decaying coal mining town of Stoneygate, England, and finds both the old man and the town haunted by ghosts of the past.

Briefly explains how coal is extracted from the ground by machines and men.

Describes the methods currently being used to mine "black gold" and explores the problems that confront coal miners, mine owners, manufacturers, and consumers.

Problems at the mine threaten to ruin Christmas for fifth-grader Don, his family, and the rest of their Oklahoma coal town in 1957, but Don's bloodhound, Frank, is determined to do whatever it takes to make the holiday special for Don and his six-year-old sister, Susan. Alternate chapters are told from the human and canine points of view.

The story of the lives and emotional conflicts of two sisters. Ursula falls in love with Birkin and Gudrum has a tragic affair with Gerald, the son of the local colliery owner.

Eleven-year-old Nathan, his older brother dead, his best friend gone, and his father busy trying to save the family farm in western Pennsylvania, befriends an immigrant boy who has moved to town with his family to work in the new coal mines, but finds it more difficult to convince others to overcome their prejudices.

Discusses relations between the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana and the United States government, as well as the tribe's recent fight to save its lands from strip-mining coal companies.