Enduring Legacies: People of the 1926 Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster By Mary V. Tippett

Six men and a young boy pose together outdoors in front of a house with snow on the ground; the book title "Enduring Legacies: People of the 1926 Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster" by Mary V. Tippett appears above them.

Review by Victor R. Volkman Quite rarely, a “social history” book of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula crosses my Superior Reads desk.  Social history focuses on the lives and experiences of ordinary people, rather than just political or military events.  Social history is often described as “history from below” because it explores…

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