Appalachian ghost: a photographic reimagining of the Hawk's Nest Tunnel disaster

Abstract

"A note to the reader: Some of the materials printed in this volume include outdated and racially insensitive language. The author has chosen to document the original terminology to provide full historical context for the events under discussion. Discretion is advised."-Provided by publisher

Contents

A note on the history of the Hawk's Nest Tunnel disaster -- Foreword: Expanding the archive / Catherine Venable Moore -- Looking for ghosts / Raymond Thompson Jr. -- The gravesite. Appalachian ghost / Norman Jordan ; Photographs by Raymond Thompson Jr. -- The overlook. Tunnelitis / Muriel Rukeyser ; Photographs by Raymond Thompson Jr. -- Below the dam. Dust and power / Raymond Thompson Jr. ; Photographs by Raymond Thompson Jr. -- The powerhouse / Photographs by Raymond Thompson Jr. -- Alloy, West Virginia / Photographs by Raymond Thompson Jr. -- Afterword: The vital organs of industry / Rebecca Altman -- Employees of Rinehart & Dennis Company and camp followers who died in West Virginia.