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Coal Run (novel)
''Coal Run'' is a 2004 novel by the American writer Tawni O’Dell. Plot introduction In the coal-mining country of Western Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ..., Coal Run is a town ravaged and haunted by a mine explosion that took the lives of 96 men. The story explores the life of local deputy and erstwhile football legend, "The Great Ivan Z.," as he prepares for a former teammate's imminent release from prison. Plot summary In a town haunted by a deadly mine explosion that took the lives of almost half the male population thirty years earlier, the reverberations are still being felt in the current generation of survivors, among them the narrator Ivan Zoschenko, the local deputy and fallen football legend, "the Great Ivan Z," wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tawni O’Dell
Tawni O'Dell (born 1964) is an American novelist. Born and raised in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States. O'Dell was born in the same town as movie actor Jimmy Stewart. The first in her family to attend college, she graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism. She disliked journalism and preferred writing fiction. She lived for many years in the Chicago area before moving back to Pennsylvania, where she now lives with her two children. O'Dell's literary career began with uncertainty. In 13 years she wrote six unpublished novels and collected over 300 rejection slips before her first novel Back Roads was published to enormous acclaim. The July 24th 2000 issue of People magazine featured her in a story and mentioned praise that Oprah Winfrey gave proclaiming her not only as "an author but a writer". Works * '' Back Roads'', novel (New York: Viking, 2000) * '' Coal Run'', novel (New York: Viking, 2004) * '' Sister Mine'', novel (New York: Shaye Arehear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |