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Hidden America : from coal miners to cowboys, an extraordinary exploration of the unseen people who make this country work / Jeanne Marie Laskas.

Laskas, Jeanne Marie, 1958- (Author).

Summary:

Like John McPhee and Susan Orlean, Laskas dives deep into her subjects and emerges with character-driven narratives that are gripping, funny, and revelatory. The stories are about the people who make our lives run every day--and how people barely think of them.

Record details

ISBN: 9780399159008 (acid-free paper)
Physical Description: 318 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Published simultaneously in Canada"--T.p. verso.

Formatted Contents Note:

Underworld : Hopedale Mining, Cadiz, Ohio -- Hecho en America : Migrant Labor Camp, Cherryfield, Maine -- G-L-O-R-Y : Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio -- Traffic : Air Traffic Control Tower, LaGuardia Airport, New York, New York -- Guns "R" us : Sprague's Sports, Yuma, Arizona -- Beef : R.A. Brown Ranch, Throckmorton, Texas -- The Rig : Pioneer National Resources Oil Rig, Oooguruk Island, off the Shores of Alaska's North Slope -- Sputter : I-80, Exit 284, Walcott, Iowa -- This is Paradise : Puente Hills Landfill, City of Industry, California.