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  • Appalachian Fall

  • Dispatches from Coal Country on What's Ailing America
  • By: Jeff Young
  • Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
  • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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Appalachian Fall

By: Jeff Young
Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
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A searing, on-the-ground examination of the collapsing coal industry - and the communities left behind - in the midst of an economic and environmental crisis.

The past few years have highlighted the paradox at the heart of coal country. Despite fueling a century of American progress, the people at the heart of coal country are being left behind, suffering from unemployment, the opioid epidemic, and environmental crises often at greater rates than anywhere else in the country. But what if Appalachia’s troubles are just a taste of what the future holds for all of us?

Appalachian Fall tells the captivating true story of coal communities on the leading edge of change. A group of local reporters known as the Ohio Valley ReSource shares the real-world impact these changes have had on what was once the heart and soul of America. Including stories like:

  • The miners striking in Harlan County after their company suddenly went bankrupt, bouncing their paychecks
  • The farmers tilling former mining ground for new cash crops like hemp and maple syrup
  • The activists working to fight mountaintop removal and bring clean energy jobs to the region
  • And the mothers mourning the loss of their children to overdose and despair

In the wake of the controversial best seller Hillbilly Elegy, Appalachian Fall addresses what our country owes to a region that provided fuel for a century and what it risks if it stands by watching as the region, and its people, collapse.

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It's a Political Book

Made it through 2 chapters. It's mostly an anti-Trump book which was not what I was expecting. The book could have easily been titled "How Appalachian Americans Helped Trump Win the White House"

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