{"product_id":"hidden-america-from-coal-miners-to-cowboys-an-extraordinary-exploration-of-the-unseen-people-who-make-this-country-work-9780425267271","title":"Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn Oprah.com \"Must-Read Book\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning journalist Jeanne Marie Laskas reveals \"enlightening, entertaining, and often poignant\"* profiles of America's working class--the forgotten men and women who make our country run.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Take the men of Hopedale Mining company in Cadiz, Ohio. Laskas spent several weeks with them, both below and above ground, and by the end, you will know not only about their work, but about Pap and his dying mom, Smitty and the mail-order bride who stood him up at the airport, and Scotty and his thwarted dreams of becoming a boxing champion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e That is only one hidden world. Others that she explores: an Alaskan oil rig, a migrant labor camp in Maine, the air traffic control center at LaGuardia Airport in New York, a beef ranch in Texas, a landfill in California, a long-haul trucker in Iowa, a gun shop in Arizona, and the Cincinnati Ben-Gals cheerleaders, mere footnotes in the moneymaking spectacle that is professional football. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jeanne Marie Laskas is a reporting and writing powerhouse. She doesn't just interview the people who dig our coal and extract our oil, she goes deep into the mines and tundra with them. With beauty, wit, curiosity, and grace, she finds the hidden soul of America. \u003ci\u003eHidden America\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading.\"--Rebecca Skloot, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16156832\"\u003eJeanne Marie Laskas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780425267271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 042526727X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC020000\"\u003eMinority Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC050000\"\u003eSocial Classes \u0026amp; Economic Disparity\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeanne Marie Laskas \u003c\/b\u003eis the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of six books including \u003ci\u003eHidden America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConcussion\u003c\/i\u003e, which inspired the Golden Globe-nominated film\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eFormerly a contributing editor at\u003ci\u003e Esquire, \u003c\/i\u003eand a syndicated weekly columnist\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eat\u003ci\u003e The Washington Post Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e she has been writing for national magazines for 20 years, with work appearing in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, \u003ci\u003eO: \u003c\/i\u003eThe Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAllure, Ladies Home Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eBest American Magazine Writing 2008\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest American Sportswriting 2000\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e2002\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e2008, 2010 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e2012\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won more than a dozen Gold Quill awards for Excellence in Journalism, and her piece about coal mining, \"Underworld,\" was a finalist in feature writing for the 2007 National Magazine Awards. Her earliest essays and features are compiled in \u003ci\u003eThe Balloon Lady and Other People I Know\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaskas writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, where she is a correspondent. She is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, where she is director of The Writing Program, and founding director of The Center for Creativity. She lives on a horse farm with her husband and two daughters.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45793692778671,"sku":"9780425267271","price":25.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_013f793e-9343-40e1-bc8f-22ea299f9530.jpg?v=1755541631","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/hidden-america-from-coal-miners-to-cowboys-an-extraordinary-exploration-of-the-unseen-people-who-make-this-country-work-9780425267271","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}