"Olsen tells a vividly detailed, heartbreaking tale about a dark,
alien place, the people who loved working there and a town that has
never been the same. He brings to life the hot, dirty,
treasure-hunt environment where "danger was a miner's heroin." --
"Seattle Times"
"Powerful and haunting"--"Seattle Post-Intelligencer"
"Gregg Olsen is the perfect guide as he leads the reader down into
a whole new world underground, with its own lore, language, and
laws. "The Deep Dark" is as gripping and necessary as true-life
drama gets."--Stewart O'Nan, author of "The Circus Fire"
"Compellingly told, honestly written, "The Deep Dark" is a story
that resonates and lingers, long after the final page is read. In
addition to being a gripping account of an American tragedy, it is
a brutal, enlightening, bone-chilling glimpse into the underground
of the nation's mining industry. Gregg Olsen skillfully captures
the details of Sunshine Mine, its ill-fated miners, the friends and
family left behind, and the disaster itself with the intimacy of an
insider, making you feel the smoke, the heat, the confinement, and,
ultimately, the terror of that May day in 1972. It is a story at
once horrific and poignant, wholly absorbing and extraordinarily
moving." --Jennifer Niven, author of "The Ice Master"
"In the tradition of "Young Men and Fire," "The Deep Dark "is an
exceptional, haunting documentary. Like an epic folk song, it
crackles with the language of rough men working--and dying--in
unspeakable ways and pays tribute to a community that might
otherwise be bleached from our memories. This book does what all
superior journalism should do: it unearths an important story and
tells it with greatfeeling." --McKay Jenkins, author of "The White
Death"
"Gregg Olsen's narrative is so riveting I had to keep reminding
myself that this is a nonfiction page-turner, not a suspense novel.
The grit, the darkness, the stifling air and choking smoke, the
fear of being trapped deep underground, the tender camaraderie
between the toughest of men--I experienced all of them reading this
book." --Stephen Puleo, author of "Dark Tide: The Great Boston
Molasses Flood of 1919"
"Olsen presents the extraordinary story of the Sunshine Mine
disaster in gripping, heartrending prose. In Olsen's telling, we
come to see that the story is not merely a deadly disaster but
rather a tale of the uncommon courage, perseverance, and heroism of
everyday people." --Edward T. O'Donnell, author of "Ship Ablaze:
The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum"
"Gregg Olsen has presented a well-researched, graphic account of
the worst underground fire in a hardrock mine in American history.
When the 'Shine resumed underground operations in December 1972, I
hired out as a replacement for one of the guys who died in the
fire. . . . I can tell you "The Deep Dark" is as real as it gets. I
actually found myself short of breath as I read." --Jerry Dolph,
author of "Fire in the Hole: The Untold Story of Hardrock
Miners
""Gripping." --"Oregonian"
"Spellbinding." --"Daily Olympian"
"Harrowing." --"Bellingham Herald"
"A spectacluar piece of journalism." --"Missoulian"
"An exciting, vital, memorable book." --"Salem Statesman
Journal"
"Insightful and a powerful narrative." --"Vancouver Columbian"
"Olsen tells a vividly detailed, heartbreaking tale about a dark,
alien place, the people who loved working there and a town that has
never been the same. He brings to life the hot, dirty,
treasure-hunt environment where "danger was a miner's heroin." --
"Seattle Times"
"Powerful and haunting"--"Seattle Post-Intelligencer"
"Gregg Olsen is the perfect guide as he leads the reader down into
a whole new world underground, with its own lore, language, and
laws. "The Deep Dark" is as gripping and necessary as true-life
drama gets."--Stewart O'Nan, author of "The Circus Fire"
"Compellingly told, honestly written, "The Deep Dark" is a story
that resonates and lingers, long after the final page is read. In
addition to being a gripping account of an American tragedy, it is
a brutal, enlightening, bone-chilling glimpse into the underground
of the nation's mining industry. Gregg Olsen skillfully captures
the details of Sunshine Mine, its ill-fated miners, the friends and
family left behind, and the disaster itself with the intimacy of an
insider, making you feel the smoke, the heat, the confinement, and,
ultimately, the terror of that May day in 1972. It is a story at
once horrific and poignant, wholly absorbing and extraordinarily
moving." --Jennifer Niven, author of "The Ice Master"
"In the tradition of "Young Men and Fire," "The Deep Dark "is an
exceptional, haunting documentary. Like an epic folk song, it
crackles with the language of rough men working--and dying--in
unspeakable ways and pays tribute to a community that might
otherwise be bleached from our memories. This book does what all
superior journalism should do: it unearths an important story and
tells it with greatfeeling." --McKay Jenkins, author of "The White
Death"
"Gregg Olsen's narrative is so riveting I had to keep reminding
myself that this is a nonfiction page-turner, not a suspense novel.
The grit, the darkness, the stifling air and choking smoke, the
fear of being trapped deep underground, the tender camaraderie
between the toughest of men--I experienced all of them reading this
book." --Stephen Puleo, author of "Dark Tide: The Great Boston
Molasses Flood of 1919"
"Olsen presents the extraordinary story of the Sunshine Mine
disaster in gripping, heartrending prose. In Olsen's telling, we
come to see that the story is not merely a deadly disaster but
rather a tale of the uncommon courage, perseverance, and heroism of
everyday people." --Edward T. O'Donnell, author of "Ship Ablaze:
The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum"
"Gregg Olsen has presented a well-researched, graphic account of
the worst underground fire in a hardrock mine in American history.
When the 'Shine resumed underground operations in December 1972, I
hired out as a replacement for one of the guys who died in the
fire. . . . I can tell you "The Deep Dark" is as real as it gets. I
actually found myself short of breath as I read." --Jerry Dolph,
author of "Fire in the Hole: The Untold Story of Hardrock
Miners
""Gripping." --"Oregonian"
"Spellbinding." --"Daily Olympian"
"Harrowing." --"Bellingham Herald"
"A spectacluar piece of journalism." --"Missoulian"
"An exciting, vital, memorable book." --"Salem Statesman
Journal"
"Insightful and a powerful narrative." --"Vancouver Columbian"
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