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Desperate : an epic battle for clean water and justice in Appalachia Cover Image Book

Desperate : an epic battle for clean water and justice in Appalachia / Kris Maher.

Maher, Kris, (author.).

Summary:

Erin Brockovich meets Dark Waters in this propulsive and heart-wrenching legal drama set in Appalachian coal country, as one determined lawyer confronts a coal industry giant in a battle over clean drinking water for a West Virginia community-from Wall Street Journal reporter Kris Maher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501187346
  • ISBN: 1501187341
  • Physical Description: ix, 339 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First Scribner edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Scribner, 2021.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-321) and index.

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Subject: Thompson, Kevin W., 1963-
Massey Energy (Firm) > Corrupt practices.
Drinking water > Contamination > West Virginia > Mingo County.
Water > Pollution.
Water-supply > Health aspects.
Mining corporations > Corrupt practices.
Coal mines and mining > Environmental aspects > West Virginia > Mingo County.
Coal mines and mining > Health aspects > West Virginia > Mingo County.
Mingo County (W. Va.) > Social conditions.
Mingo County (W. Va.) > Environmental conditions.
Genre: Case studies.

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  • 10 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Carteret County Public Library.

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Beaufort Main 344.754 MAHER (Text) 34208900094201 Adult Nonfiction Available -