Desperate [LP] an epic battle for clean water and justice in Appalachia
"Erin Brockovich meets Dark Waters in this propulsive and heart-wrenching legal drama set in Appalachian coal country, as one determined lawyer confronts a coal industry giant in a battle over clean drinking water for a West Virginia community--from Wall Street Journal reporter Kris Maher. For two d...
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Waterville, Maine :
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company,
2022.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Maher, Kris, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Desperate [LP] : |b an epic battle for clean water and justice in Appalachia / |c Kris Maher. |
| 250 | |a Large print edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Waterville, Maine : |b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company, |c 2022. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2021 | |
| 300 | |a 633 pages (large print) : |b maps ; |c 23 cm. | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 340 | |n large print. |2 rda | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Black water -- Heart of the billion dollar coal field -- The quantification of intuition -- Exodus -- The admiral's den. | |
| 520 | |a "Erin Brockovich meets Dark Waters in this propulsive and heart-wrenching legal drama set in Appalachian coal country, as one determined lawyer confronts a coal industry giant in a battle over clean drinking water for a West Virginia community--from Wall Street Journal reporter Kris Maher. For two decades, the water in the taps and wells of Mingo County didn't look, smell, or taste right. Could it be the root of the health problems--from kidney stones to cancer--in this Appalachian community? Environmental lawyer Kevin Thompson certainly thought so. For seven years, he waged an epic legal battle against Massey Energy, West Virginia's most powerful coal company, helmed by CEO Don Blankenship. While Massey's lawyers worked out of a gray glass office tower in Charleston known as "the Death Star," Thompson set up shop in a ramshackle hotel in the fading coal town of Williamson. Working with fellow lawyers and a crew of young activists, Thompson would eventually uncover the ruthless shortcuts that put the community's drinking water at risk. A respected preacher and his brother, retired coal miners, and women whose families had lived in the area's coal camps for generations, all put their trust in Thompson when they had nowhere else to turn. As he dug deeper into the mystery of the water along a stretch of road where the violence from the legendary Hatfield-McCoy feud still echoes, he was pulled into the darkest corners of Mingo County, risking his finances, his marriage, his career, and even his safety. Bringing to life a rich cast of characters and the legacy of coal mining in an essential yet often misunderstood part of America, On Desperate Ground is a masterful work of investigative reporting about greed and denial, a revealing portrait of a town besieged by hardship and heartbreak, and an inspiring account of one tenacious environmental lawyer's mission to expose the truth and demand justice"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Thompson, Kevin W., |d 1963- |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Blankenship, Don, |d 1950- |x Trials, litigation, etc. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Environmental lawyers |z West Virginia |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Trials (Toxic torts) |z West Virginia |z Mingo County. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Liability for water pollution damages |z West Virginia |z Mingo County. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Coal trade |x Corrupt practices |z West Virginia |z Mingo County. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Large print books. |2 lcgft | |
| 775 | 0 | |a Maher, Kris. |t Desperate : an epic battle for clean water and justice in Appalachia |d New York : Scribner, 2021 |z 9781501187346. | |
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| 999 | |a 470726 | ||
