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Query: A Snap Shot in History

There are events in time that shaped who and what we are today. This book sits in the center of such a time and events. If you are into fantasies and happily ever afters this is not the book for you. This is a book about the way it really was. It delivers attitudes and climate that produced the great loss of life in the mines. More importantly it delves deeply in the resulting effects on the lives of those who lived through these times and events. It's not pretty, not nice. It's just how it was, written by a man who lived it. The Snnysidewar should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand more of were we have come from. The events discussed in the book have ramifications that effect high-risk professionals to this day. Mining is still one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet. But because a few good men worked and fought together for something more miners now have a chance of living past 40. Read the book and open your eyes.