My Land is Dying (edition 1971)

by Harry M. Caudill (Author)

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This book documents the devastation of the Cumberland Mountains by strip mining operations. The author tells "how bulldozers have destroyed whole mountains since early TVA days, and mountain men and women, quite literally fighting to save their land from the bulldozers of powerful mining (and oil) interests, formed the Appalachian Group to Save the Land and People."… (more)

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Member:	JamesBeach
Title:	My Land is Dying
Authors:	Harry M. Caudill (Author)
Info:	E. P. Dutton and Co. (1971), Edition: 1st, 144 pages
Collections:	Economics, Your library
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This book documents the devastation of the Cumberland Mountains by strip mining operations. The author tells "how bulldozers have destroyed whole mountains since early TVA days, and mountain men and women, quite literally fighting to save their land from the bulldozers of powerful mining (and oil) interests, formed the Appalachian Group to Save the Land and People."

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