Mitch Troutman's Blog

Book tours have been a blast

A set of offical Independent Miner’s Association newsletters from 1962-1965.

New York makes its waste Pennsylvania���s problem

Newspaper clippings can’t tell us everything, but sometimes the headlines are loud and clear.

Coal could be gathered downstream from the region, so long as you could build your own dredger.

Bootleg beer flowed in this town–through a secret pipe.

In depth interviews about the book.

Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies # Autumn 2024.

The book is only Walter’s starting place for an exploration of anthracite’s roots in war.

Real footage of 1930s bootleg miners, worked into a 2-part interview. This is the closest it’s come to a documentary or audiobook.