[.ca] Coal People: Life in Southern Colorado's Company Towns, ... (ISBN 0870815997)

Thoughtful, well researched and important work:
My octogenarian aunt, who grew up in these towns, was delighted to find the lives of her parents and childhood companions described so thoughtfully. This is an important contribution to the history of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain west, and it deserves serious attention.

Coal people and chicken wire:
The part about the 10 year old wrapping himself up in chicken wire and falling down off the picnic table was too much for me to bear!. Thank God he landed on his head. Author Clyne is a genius.