Goodbye Wifes and Daughters
Author | : Susan K. Resnick |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2010-03-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780803228368 |
ISBN-13 | : 0803228368 |
Rating | : 4/5 (368 Downloads) |
Download or read book Goodbye Wifes and Daughters written by Susan K. Resnick and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One morning in 1943, close to eighty men descended into the Smith coal mine in Bearcreek, Montana. Only three came out alive. "Goodbye wifes and daughters . . ." wrote two of the miners as they died. The story of that tragic day and its aftermath unfolds in this book through the eyes of those wives and daughters-women who lost their husbands, fathers, and sons, livelihoods, neighbors, and homes, yet managed to fight back and persevere.