Eckley Miners' Village citizens detailed in new illustrated book by Jolene Busher

Oct. 11, 2011 - PRLog -- Camp Hill, PA - Sunbury Press has released Jolene Busher's illustrated book "Patchtown" about various citizens of Eckley Miners' Village through the its early history.

About the book:
Patchtown is a collection of historical fiction vignettes, based on real people who lived and worked in the anthracite coal company-owned town of Eckley, Pennsylvania. With the use of the United States census records from 1860-1920, each decade from the Eckley census records will come to life through the narratives of the men, women, and children who lived and worked at the Council Ridge Colliery in Eckley, Pennsylvania. Through combining historical research and artistic license, Patchtown's personas involve themselves in the living and working conditions, and social events that defined the anthracite coal fields of Northeastern Pennsylvania. In each decade's chapter, Patchtown's personas will be directly or indirectly affected by local and national events such as the 1877 Molly Maguire trials, the Lattimer Massacre, the Strike of 1902, and the other industrial and social events specific to Northeastern Pennsylvania and anthracite patchtowns.

"Patchtown: Life in Eckley Miners' Village 1860 - 1920"
Authored by Jolene Busher
List Price: $14.95
8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Full Color on White paper
46 pages
Sunbury Press, Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-1934597712
ISBN-10: 1934597716
BISAC: History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic

For more information about the book, please see:
http://www.sunburypress.com/patchtown.html

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