{"product_id":"the-devil-in-the-dust-john-e-espy-9781948598569","title":"The Devil in the Dust","description":"As miners in hard hats swing pick axes miles underground, the Devil comes calling disguised as a black dust. The dirty soot penetrates deep into the miners' lungs. Then, after years of suffering and torture, the Devil claims each victim. Such is the fate of the coal miner. Not one, not two, but thousands of men suffer the fate of black lung disease. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLied to for a century by the coal companies, pursued by cowardly goons, and unscrupulous doctors, as the tragedy continues in the name of profit, three physicians dare to put their reputations, and at times their lives, on the line to expose the plight of the miners. They try to discover ways of diagnosing black lung disease that can't be dismissed or shamed by the coal companies or their physician cronies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about courage, not only of the physicians confronting the coal companies and their stooges, but the courage of the coal miners to persevere in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, in this stand-alone novel that also continues the stories of those first started in \u003ci\u003eThe Sugar Maple Grove\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John E. Espy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948598566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948598569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Books Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"John E. Espy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075018551551,"sku":"9781948598569","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_06a02686-dea0-4be6-91c4-c197fa6b7a7a.jpg?v=1685457129","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-devil-in-the-dust-john-e-espy-9781948598569","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}