• Featuring the lives of coal miners
• To bring history to life
• Why identity issues are so hot in history
• The glittering gilded age and its seamier side
• About mining's effects on communities
• Wanting to eat the rich
• The Western’s social unrest and decay
• The best I have read so far
• South Asian history and culture
• The struggles of a family over three generations
• Romance that stay with you long after you finish
• Transporting readers to the Appalachian Mountains