“No.9” takes an in-depth look at why 78 men died in an explosion at Consolidation Coal Company’s No. 9 Mine in Farmington, W.Va.; who is responsible; and how the legal struggles of the miners’ widows to gain justice transformed coal mine safety legislation.
Former Executive Editor for USA Today Bob Dubill said, “Riveting. Chilling. Revealing. The story of Farmington Mine No. 9 belongs on everybody’s book shelf. Seventy-eight miners died during a disaster that rocked West Virginia’s coal fields 43 years ago—propelling front page headlines across the USA and a trail of safety concerns across the globe. Bonnie E. Stewart, a brilliant investigative reporter and university professor, refused to let the headlines fade away. Hail her tenacity.”
Stewart is a former investigative reporter whose work earned The George Polk Award and the national Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service.
Copies of “No.9,” published by West Virginia University Press, can be reserved through the WVU Press website. The official book launch is set for November 2011.