Jeanne Marie Laskas

Five hundred feet underground, journalist Jeanne Marie Laskas asked a coal miner named Smitty, "Do you think it's weird that people know so little about you?" He replied, "I don't think people know too much about the way the way the whole damn country works." Like John McPhee and Susan Orlean before her, Laskas sets out to tell the stories of those people who do make the country run yet remain largely unknown. Her new book, Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work, moves from a coal mine to a migrant labor camp, from a Texas beef ranch to an Arizona gun shop. You'll be amazed and entertained at the stories she finds all over America in this clever, winning piece of reportage. This program is sponsored by the GA Center for the Book and Charis will provide books for sale and signing.

Location: Street: 1189 Euclid Ave NE City: Atlanta, Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30307-1509 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)