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MILE DEEP & BLACK AS PITCH
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Artikel-Nr:
9780939923908
Seiten:
0
Gewicht:
531 g
Format:
229x151x21 mm
Beschreibung:
Carrie Papa lives, studies, and writes in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Her avid interest in people and their history began when she earned a degree in history from Rutgers University, but was cultivated during her thirty years of living in foreign countries with her husband who was on assignment with the US Diplomat Corps. When the Papas retired to New Jersey, Carrie became involved with the efforts of a local historical society to preserve a two-centuries-old one-room schoolhouse and establish a museum. While serving as founding director for the Old Monroe School Museum, Carrie received awards from the New Jersey Historical Society and the National Association for State and Local History for the museum's interpretative programs.
The Franklin and Sterling Hill mines of northern New Jersey are world famous because of the great diversity and high quality of minerals they have yielded. These mines are also acknowledged as the birthplace of the US zinc industry. A Mile Deep . . . presents a history of these mines in the words of the people who exploited their valuable resources and depended upon this work for their livelihood. The narratives in this book are divided into three sections: The Mines and the Miners, The Model Mining Town of America, and The Legacy and the Future.