{"product_id":"southern-illinois-coal-c-william-horrell-9780809335992","title":"Southern Illinois Coal: A Portfolio","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe coal mining photographs of C. William Horrell, taken across the southern Illinois Coal Belt over a twenty-year period from 1966 to 1986, are extraordinary examples of documentary photography--so stark and striking that captions often seem superfluous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHorrell's photographs capture the varied phenomena of twentieth-century coal mining technology: the awesome scale of surface mining machines and their impact on the land; massive machines forced into narrow passageways with inches to spare as they carry coal from the face to conveyer belts; and, more significant, the advent of continuous miners, machines that can handle four previously separate processes and which have been a fixture in underground or \"deep\" mines since the mid-1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHorrell was also intrigued by the related activities of mining, including coal's processing, cleaning, and transportation, as well as the daily, behind-the-scenes operations that keep mines and miners working. His photographs reflect the beauty of the commonplace--the clothes of the miners, their dinner pails, and their tools--and reveal the picturesque remnants of closed mines: the weathered boards of company houses, the imposing iron beauty of an ancient tipple, and an abandoned building against the lowering sky of an approaching storm. Finally, his portraits of coal miners\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eshow the strength, dignity, and enduring spirit of the men and women who work the southern Illinois coal mines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. William Horrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809335999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809335992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Southern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 8.40w x 0.40d","brand":"C. William Horrell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057346146559,"sku":"9780809335992","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f759d27c-b365-4519-80d7-64aaa8f089d4.jpg?v=1685046448","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/southern-illinois-coal-c-william-horrell-9780809335992","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}