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Bartoletti, Susan Campbell

A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska

222 pp. | Scholastic | April, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-439-05386-2 $$10.95
(3) 4-6 Dear America series. Purporting to be the diary of Polish immigrant Anetka Kaminski, this well-written and engaging story relates Anetka's arrival in Pennsylvania, her arranged marriage, daily life in a coal mine town, her widowhood to a cave-in, and her eventual happiness with fellow immigrant Leon, after the anti-union Lattimer Massacre of 1897. A back section contains historical information and dark archival photos.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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