Name:
Book Launch: ''Goodbye Wifes and Daughters''
Date:
February 24, 2010
Time:
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM MST
Event Description:
Book Launch: "Goodbye Wifes and Daughters"
Written about the Smith Mine disaster through the eyes of victims' families.
· Author - Susan Kushner Resnick
· February 24, 2010
· NWC Fagerberg Building, Rm 70
· Free
One morning in 1943, close to eighty men descended into the Smith coal mine in Bearcreek, Montana. Only three came out alive. "Goodbye wifes and daughters . . ." wrote two of the miners as they died. The story of that tragic day and its aftermath unfolds in this book through the eyes of those wives and daughters-women who lost their husbands, fathers, and sons, livelihoods, neighbors, and homes, yet managed to fight back and persevere.
Author Susan Kushner Resnick will present her new book, Goodbye Wifes and Daughters, recently published through Nebraska Press. Susan will be discussing how she came upon this piece of local history, read excerpts from the book, and answer questions. If you are interested in local history, don't miss this program. There will be copies of Susan's books available for purchase at the program.
