Inspired by her in-laws' recollections of working in coal country, Susan Campbell Bartoletti has gathered the voices of men, women, and children who immigrated to and worked in northeastern Pennsylvania at the turn of the century. The story that emerges is not just a story of long hours, little pay, and hazardous working conditions; it is also the uniquely American story of immigrant families working together to make a new life for themselves. It is a story of hardship and sacrifice, yet also of triumph and the fulfillment of hopes and dreams.


一次姻親間談起在媒鄉工作的往事，讓蘇珊．坎貝爾．芭托蕾蒂決定開始收集在世紀交替之際移民賓州東北工作的礦工的相關史料。本書不僅道出當時礦工工時長、薪資低、工作環境危險的窘境，更道出了美國移民家庭一起攜手創造新生活的點滴。這是一個講述困苦與犧牲、同時也是迎接勝利、實現心願與夢想的故事。