In the Kingdom of Coal: An American Family and the Rock That Changed the World

First Published in 2003. This volume charts the history of anthracite coal mining industry and developments around the Josiah White rolling mill in Philadelphia, the Lehigh Coal Mining Company created in 1972 in Pennsylvania, Canal and railroad developments, John Leisenring and Sharpe, Leisenring and Co; and Westmoreland from 1794 to 1999.

Author: Dan Rottenberg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09/30/2003
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.48h x 6.02w x 1.13d
ISBN: 9780415935227

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/22/2003 pg. 96

About the Author

Dan Rottenberg is a former Wall Street Journal reporter and the author of seven books, including Revolution onWall Street: The Rise and Decline of the New York StockExchange. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, Rolling Stone, playboy and Town and Country.