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Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917

4 Ratings

3.5

Duration
9H 38min
Language
English
Format
Category

Non-Fiction

From the #1 international bestselling author of The Revenant – the book that inspired the award-winning movie – comes the remarkable true story of the worst mining disaster in American history.

In 1917, the lives of a company of miners changed forever when the underground labyrinth of tunnels in which they worked burst into flames. Within an hour, more than four hundred men would be locked in a battle to survive. Within three days, one hundred and sixty-four of them would be dead.

© 2016 The Borough Press (Audiobook): 9780008189334

Release date

Audiobook: 10 March 2016

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