The Smith Coal Mine disaster was one of the nation's worst coal-mining accidents, but because it occurred during World War II, it was quickly forgotten by all, except those who lived through it.
Now, author Susan Kushner Resnick recounts the story in Goodbye Wifes and Daughters: The Explosion of An American Town. Her book, which will be published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2009, will explore the heroes who fought to save lives, the villians who may have caused their deaths and the families who lost almost everything on one sunny February morning.
Though the Smith disaster occurred nearly 65 years ago, the same dangerous circumstances still exist and eerily similar tragedies are still happening in the coal industry today. Goodbye Wifes and Daughters is not only a heartbreaking story, it is also a cautionary tale.
Coming Events
- UPCOMING EVENTS
- March 1, 2012: 4 p.m. Chicago, IL - AWP conference, panel moderator for "What's Wrong With The Whole Truth?"
- PAST EVENTS
- October 22, 2011: 4 p.m. Charleston, West Virginia - panel, reading and signing at West Virginia Book Festival
- May 9, 2011: Uxbridge, MA - Reading and signing at Uxbridge Public Library
- April 9, 2011: 5-8 pm - Red Lodge, Montana - Reading and signing at Red Lodge Books
- Paperback Release - March 1, 2011
- September 30: 5:30 pm - Providence, RI - Reading and signing at Brown University Bookstore
- October 17: 3:30 pm - Charleston, West Virginia - Panel discussion at West Virginia Book Festival, Charleston Civic Center
- October 19: 3:15 pm - Beaver, West Virginia - Lecture at National Mine Health and Safety Academy
- October 29-30: - Missoula, MT - Montana Festival of the Book
- June 10: 7 pm - Waltham, MA - Reading and signing at Back Pages Books
- June 5: 2-4 pm - Marshfield, MA - Reading at North River Arts Society, 151 Old Main Street, Marshfield
- June 3: 7 pm - Sharon, MA - Presentation and signing at the Sharon Public Library
- May 27: 12-12:30 pm - New York, NY - Book signing at Book Expo America, Jacob Javits Center, NY
- May 24: 12 pm - New York, NY - Discussion at Rotary Club of New York, The Harvard Club, 35 West 44th Street, New York
- May 13: 7 pm - Walpole, MA - Reading and signing at Barnes and Noble, Route 1, Walpole
- May 5: 1 pm - Presentation at Simon Fireman Community, Randolph, MA
- May 2: 5 - 7 pm - Firedoglake.com - Live, online chat
- April 10: Barrington, RI - Barrington Bookstore, Barrington
- March 26: Providence, RI - Books on the Square, Providence
- March 21: Providence, RI - WPRO - radio interview with Patricia Raskin
- March 4: Bozeman, MT - Museum of the Rockies
- March 3: Helena, MT - Montana Historical Society and Montana Book Company
- March 2: Missoula, MT - Fact and Fiction
- March 1: Butte, MT - Books and Books; Hamilton, MT - Chapter One Bookstore
- Feb. 25: Red Lodge, MT - Carbon County Historical Museum
- Feb. 24: Powell, Wyoming - Northwest College
Susan Kushner Resnick
Sharon, MA