Red Helmet
by:
Homer Hickam (author)
The people of the little Appalachian town of Highcoal are dedicated to mining coal according to the old ways while struggling with modern problems - illegal drugs, environmental destruction, and a world economy that threatens their very existence.
The people of the little Appalachian town of Highcoal are dedicated to mining coal according to the old ways while struggling with modern problems - illegal drugs, environmental destruction, and a world economy that threatens their very existence.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781595542144 (1595542140)
Publish date: February 5th 2008
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Song and Cable marry on a romantic holiday, but their relationship falls apart when they get back to real life. Cable isn't willing to leave his small home town of Highcoal, West Virginia, where he is the superintendant of the local coal mine, and Song isn't willing to leave her job as head of acqui...
Red Helmet is the only book I've read by Homar Hickham, and although it is fairly interesting in its way--how many books are there about the lives of modern-day West Virginia coal miners?--it didn't live up to my expectations.The book is divided into 3 parts: Part 1 sets up the marriage between a ri...
I love Homer Hickam's writing. This isn't my favorite book by him..plus it was a bit to romance(y) for me...When I read his works, I don't want to read romance. Still worth 4 stars..although his other reads by me have handily received 5 stars.