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ISBN: 978-0-87421-863-3 (cloth)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Thomas, Erin Ann.

Coal in our veins : a personal journey / Erin Ann Thomas.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-87421-863-3 (cloth : acid-free paper) — ISBN 978-0-87421-865-7 (e-book)

1. Thomas, Erin Ann—Family. 2. Coal miners—Utah—Biography. 3. Coal miners—Wales—Biography. 4. Welsh Americans—Utah—Biography. 5. Thomas, Erin Ann—Travel. 6. Coal mines and mining—Utah—History. 7. Coal mines and mining—Wales—History. 8. Coal—Environmental aspects—United States. 9. Coal—Social aspects—United States. I. Title.

HD8039.M62U669417 2012

622’.3340922—dc23

2012012249