Underground Fire: Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage in the Cherry Mine Disaster

by Sally M. Walker

Book Overview

A historic mine fire traps hundreds of men underground in a gripping work of narrative nonfiction meticulously researched and told by a master of the genre.

It is November 13, 1909, and the coal miners of Cherry, Illinois, head to work with lunch pails in hand, just like any other day. By seven a.m., 484 of these men are underground, starting jobs that range from taking care of the mules that haul coal to operating cages that raise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1536212407
• ISBN13: 9781536212402
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.7" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7