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Underground Fire: Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage in the Cherry Mine Disaster

Sally M. Walker

Illustrator: Rita Csizmadia

Ages: 12+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Candlewick Press

ISBN: 978-1-5362-1240-2

Keywords: charity, safety, immigrants

A harrowing minute-by-minute account of a 1909 coal mine disaster and the attempt to rescue the miners. Maps, diagrams, and archival photos and images.