Peter A. Galuszka
Auteur de Thunder on the Mountain: Death at Massey and the Dirty Secrets Behind Big Coal
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Peter A. Galuszka is a veteran journalist who has covered worldwide energy issues, especially coal, for several decades. A former West Virginia resident, he logged thousands of miles on the winding mountain roads of Central Appalachia and traveled to Mongolia, China, and Japan to track down the afficher plus Massey story. The former Moscow bureau chief for BusinessWeek, her now lives in Chesterfield, Virginia. afficher moins
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- Œuvres
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- #508,561
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- 2.8
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The book doesn't feel particularly well-written, and it badly needed an editor. There are numerous gaffes, typos, and rehashing of material that was discussed in previous chapters. For example, this gem appears on page 144: "[Ollie Combs] told me in 1997 for a Business-Week article...Combs, who died in 1991 at the age of eighty-seven, was the exception..." So, how did someone who supposedly died in 1991 give him an interview in 1997? Did he hold a seance? (Actually, the Widow Combs died in 1993, not 1991, at the age of 88, not 87.) Did anyone bother fact-checking this book? And how am I supposed to trust anything this book says when such obvious errors are allowed through?
I would recommend "Lost Mountain" by Erik Reese for anyone interested in the effects of strip- and mountain-top mining in Appalachia over this book. As for those interested in the UBB disaster, an internet search would yield more information.… (plus d'informations)