Slow Burn: A Photodocument of Centralia, Pennsylvania Contributor(s): Jacobs, Renée (Author), Kirk, Margaret O. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0271036818 ISBN-13: 9780271036816 Publisher: Penn State University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2010 Click for more in this series: Keystone Books (Pennsylvania State Paperback) |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries - Photography | Individual Photographers - General |
Dewey: 363.379 |
LCCN: 2010000422 |
Series: Keystone Books (Pennsylvania State Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 8.78" W x 9.1" L (1.63 lbs) 176 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Features: Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: First published in 1986, Slow Burn chronicles Centralia's demise from an underground coal mine fire and depicts a singular epic event in Pennsylvania history, representing the confluence of environmental, scientific, bureaucratic, and emotional tragedies. As an award-winning photojournalist, Jacobs moved into a house in Centralia's impact zone in 1983 to document in photographs and interviews the end stages of the tiny anthracite coal town's unsuccessful fight to resolve the intractable problems that began with the mine fire in 1962 and culminated in the razing of the town by the federal government. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jacobs, Renee: - Renée Jacobs went on to study environmental law as a result of her work in Centralia. She practiced civil rights and constitutional law for fifteen years. In 2007 she returned to photography. |
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