Download or read book Coal River written by Michael Shnayerson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-01-08 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Americas most dramatic environmental battles is unfolding in the coal mines of southern West Virginia. Shnayerson gives readers a novelistic and compelling portrait of the people who have risked their reputations and livelihoods in the fight against King Coal.