The Buffalo Creek Disaster: How the survivors of one of the worst disasters in coal-mining history brought suit against the coal company--and won Aksana Ismailbekova Date: 10/10/2011

Date: 10/10/2011

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The Buffalo Creek Disaster: How the survivors of one of the worst disasters in coal-mining history brought suit against the coal company--and won Aksana Ismailbekova Date: 10/10/2011Author Contributor(s): Stern, Gerald M. Publisher: Vintage Date: 5 6 2008 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW The "suspenseful and completely absorbing story" (San Francisco Chronicle) of how survivors of the worst coal mining disaster in history triumphed over corporate irresponsibilitywritten by the young lawyer who took on their case and won. One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a