| Book Reviews | The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 133.2

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Tragedy at Avondale: The Causes, Consequences, and Legacy of the Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Industry's Most Deadly Mining Disaster, September 6, 1869. By Robert P. Wolensky and Joseph M. Keating. (Easton, PA: Canal History and Technology Press, 2008. xvi, 191 pp. Illustrations, appendices, references, notes, index. $19.95.)
The 1869 Avondale disaster was Pennsylvania's deadliest and most influential mining tragedy. Robert Wolensky, of the University of Wisconsin, and the late John Keating provide a fresh look at the fire that killed 108 workers, most of whom were Welsh, and spurred Pennsylvania's first statewide mining legislation.	. . .

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