The Alliance for Appalachia

Jeff Biggers’ frequent and excellent posts on The Huffington Post and Grist.org are a must read for anyone following the struggle against mountaintop removal and working for justice on coal issues nationwide.

Needless to say, his new book is sure to be an important addition to the national conversation on coal and coalfield justice.  Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland is now out on Nation/Basic Books. Watch the book trailer here www.jeffbiggers.com and the Facebook page here.

Here are a few of the man, many impressive recommendations coming out in favor of this exciting new book:

“Nobody writes about Appalachia like Jeff Biggers. His voice is a swirl of history and memory, of fact and analysis, of hillbilly wisdom and journalistic outrage. Reckoning at Eagle Creek is bigger and brawnier than a memoir or cultural chronicle—it’s a passionate howl from the dark heart of American coal country.”—Jeff Goodell, author, Big Coal

“Part historical narrative, part family memoir, part pastoral paean, and part jeremiad against the abuse of the land and of the men who gave and continue to give their lives to (and often for) the mines, [Reckoning at Eagle Creek] puts a human face on the industry that supplies nearly half of America’s energy…it offers a rare historical perspective on the vital yet little considered industry, along with a devastating critique of the myth of ‘clean coal.’ ”—Publishers Weekly