Hidden America : from coal miners to cowboys, an extraordinary exploration of the unseen people who make this country work
Title:
Hidden America : from coal miners to cowboys, an extraordinary exploration of the unseen people who make this country work
Author:
Laskas, Jeanne Marie, 1958-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2012]
©2012
Physical Description:
318 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:
Looks at the remarkable men and women whose low-profile accomplishments contribute to the running of the nation, from coal miners and oil rig workers to migrant laborers and air traffic controllers.
General Note:
"Published simultaneously in Canada"--T.p. verso.
Language:
English
Contents:
Underworld : Hopedale Mining, Cadiz, Ohio -- Hecho en América : Migrant Labor Camp, Cherryfield, Maine -- G-L-O-R-Y : Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio -- Traffic : Air Traffic Control Tower, LaGuardia Airport, New York, New York -- Guns 'r' us : Sprague's Sports, Yuma, Arizona -- Beef : R.A. Brown Ranch, Throckmorton, Texas -- The Rig : Pioneer National Resources Oil Rig, Oooguruk Island, off the shores of Alaska's North Slope -- Sputter : I-80, Exit 284, Walcott, Iowa -- This is Paradise : Puente Hills Landfill, City of Industry, California.
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ISBN:
9780399159008
Format :
Book
