The Buffalo Creek Disaster

The Buffalo Creek Disaster

by Stern, Gerald M.

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How a young lawyer took on the Pittston Coal Company after their dam failed and flooding Buffalo Creek hollow killing 125 and wounding 1000.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The Buffalo Creek Disaster / Gerald M. Stern.

Summary

How a young lawyer took on the Pittston Coal Company after their dam failed and flooding Buffalo Creek hollow killing 125 and wounding 1000.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Vintage Books
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2008.

Notes

Includes a foreword by President Bill Clinton and a new afterword by the author.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xiv, 282 pages ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0307388492, 9780307388490
  • oclc:on1008992214

Subjects

Buffalo Creek (Logan County) Corporations -- Corrupt practices Dams Dams failures Floods Pittston Company -- Trials, litigation,… Prince, Dennis -- Trials, litigation, e… West Virginia -- History

Writers

Stern, Gerald M.

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