The Buffalo Creek Disaster
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- 出版社 Random House US
- 出版时间 2008年5月 第1版
- ISBN 9780307388490
- 定价 111.60
内容简介
OneSaturdaymorninginFebruary1972,animpoundmentdamownedbythePittstonCoalCompanyburst,sendinga130milliongallon,25foottidalwaveofwater,sludge,anddebriscrashingintosouthernWestVirginia'sBuffaloCreekhollow.ItwasoneofthedeadliestfloodsinU.S.history.125peoplewerekilledinstantly,morethan1,000wereinjured,andover4,000weresuddenlyhomeless.Insteadofacceptingthesmallsettlementsofferedbythecoalcompany'sinsuranceoffices,afewhundredofthesurvivorsbandedtogethertosue.Thisisthestoryoftheirtriumphoverincredibleoddsandcorporateirresponsibility,astoldbyGeraldM.Stern,whoasayounglawyerandtookonthecaseandwon.
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