BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Left Bank Books | Independent Since 1969 | January 24 2010- January 31 2010 PRODID:-//strange bird labs//Drupal iCal API//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T113434Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100129T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100129T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/jeff-biggers-reckoning-eagle-creek URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/jeff-biggers-reckoning-eagle-creek SUMMARY:Jeff Biggers - Reckoning at Eagle Creek DESCRIPTION:

Cultural historian Jeff Biggers takes us to the dark amphitheatre ruins of his family's nearly 200-year-old hillside homestead that has been strip-mined on the edge of the first federall recognized Wilderness Site in southern Illinois. In doing so\, he not only comes to grips with his own denied backwoods heritage\, but also chronicles a dark and missing chapter in the American experience\: the historical nightmare of coal outside Appalachia\, serving as an expose of a secret legacy of shame and resiliency. Jeff Biggers will also discuss the national implications of the coal industry in Illinois\, with a particular connection to St. Louis coal giants like Peabody and Patriot.

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