This book was about the Buffalo Creek mining disaster. Reading about the negligence of the company was infuriating to me. So many companies want to cut corners and cut costs, and terrible things happen and they hate to be accountable for what they did or did not do. I cannot imagine a tidal wave of coal waste washing away everyone and everything I knew. These people really went through a terrible experience. I hate to say this was a good book because it covered something so awful, but it was a good read.