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Barbara Freese



Barbara Freese is the author of Coal: A Human History, a New York Times Notable Book. She is an environmental attorney and a former Minnesota assistant attorney general. Her interest in corporate denial was sparked by cross-examining coal industry witnesses disputing the science of climate change. She lives in St. Paul.

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Average rating: 3.76 · 2,391 ratings · 281 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors
Coal: A Human History
3.73 avg rating — 2,260 ratings — published 2003 — 32 editions
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