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Author : Keith O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2022-04-12
Paradise Falls written by Keith O'Brien and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-12 with History categories.
The staggering story of an unlikely band of mothers in the 1970s who discovered Hooker Chemical's deadly secret of Love Canal—exposing one of America’s most devastating toxic waste disasters and sparking the modern environmental movement as we know it today. “Propulsive...A mighty work of historical journalism...A glorious quotidian thriller about people forced to find and use their inner strength.” —The Boston Globe Lois Gibbs, Luella Kenny, and other mothers loved their neighborhood on the east side of Niagara Falls. It had an elementary school, a playground, and rows of affordable homes. But in the spring of 1977, pungent odors began to seep into these little houses, and it didn’t take long for worried mothers to identify the curious scent. It was the sickly sweet smell of chemicals. In this propulsive work of narrative storytelling, NYT journalist Keith O’Brien uncovers how Gibbs and Kenny exposed the poisonous secrets buried in their neighborhood. The school and playground had been built atop an old canal—Love Canal, it was called—that Hooker Chemical, the city’s largest employer, had quietly filled with twenty thousand tons of toxic waste in the 1940s and 1950s. This waste was now leaching to the surface, causing a public health crisis the likes of which America had never seen before and sparking new and specific fears. Luella Kenny believed the chemicals were making her son sick. O’Brien braids together previously unknown stories of Hooker Chemical’s deeds; the local newspaperman, scientist, and congressional staffer who tried to help; the city and state officials who didn’t; and the heroic women who stood up to corporate and governmental indifference to save their families and their children. They would take their fight all the way to the top, winning support from the EPA, the White House, and even President Jimmy Carter. By the time it was over, they would capture America’s imagination. Sweeping and electrifying, Paradise Falls brings to life a defining story from our past, laying bare the dauntless efforts of a few women who—years before Erin Brockovich took up the mantle— fought to rescue their community and their lives from the effects of corporate pollution and laid foundation for the modern environmental movement as we know it today.
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Author : Brenda Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Signet
Release Date : 1969-02-01
Paradise Falls written by Brenda Jackson and has been published by Signet this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969-02-01 with categories.
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Author : Don Robertson
language : en
Publisher: W H Allen
Release Date : 1968
Paradise Falls written by Don Robertson and has been published by W H Allen this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Suburban life categories.
Paradise Falls Vol Ii
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Author : Don Robertson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Paradise Falls Vol Ii written by Don Robertson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with categories.
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Author : Ron Fortier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-09-03
Paradise Falls written by Ron Fortier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-03 with categories.
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Author : Ruth Ryan Langan
language : en
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date : 2004
Paradise Falls written by Ruth Ryan Langan and has been published by Berkley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Fiction categories.
Ruth Ryan Langan tells a story that's warm as a quilt on a snowy evening and tender as love's first kiss. Paradise Falls is a book that touches the heart and comforts the soul.--Nora Roberts. Original.
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Author : Jonnie Jacobs
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2013-02-16
Paradise Falls written by Jonnie Jacobs and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-16 with Large type books categories.
Fifteen-year-old Caitlin Whittington, last seen waiting for a ride home from school, is the second girl in Paradise Falls to disappear in five months. Fears grow that she won't be the last as the town begins to suspect a serial killer might be loose. With her daughter's disappearance, Grace Whittington makes some surprising and unsettling discoveries about her stepson, Adam. When she uncovers information that seems to implicate him, the fault lines of a happily blended family crack wide open. The case falls to Detective Rayna Godwin, who is hampered by memories of her own murdered daughter and the suspicion that there is more to the string of unsolved disappearances than meets the eye. When her ex-lover, FBI agent Jack Cody, is called in against Rayna's wishes, her job becomes even more difficult. And Adam, scared and stung by the distrust of those closest to him, is afraid to speak the truth. Paradise Falls is the riveting and provocative tale of a family torn apart by divided loyalties and a dedicated detective who meets her worst fears head on. The razor sharp twists and turns will hold readers captive until its final, explosive conclusion.
Paradise Falls Vol I
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Author : Don Robertson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
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Paradise Falls A Romantic Suspense
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Author : Abigail Graham
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-07-02
Paradise Falls A Romantic Suspense written by Abigail Graham and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-02 with categories.
I didn't believe in heroes until I met him. For five years, I've lived in fear. No one will stop my stalker. Nobody can - his father is a senator. Alone and powerless, I couldn't run, couldn't hide, couldn't escape. Then I met Jacob. He's built like a freight train, covered in scars, and fights like a trained killer. He scares me. Fascinates me. One look in his haunting eyes draws me in. Tempts me to do things that I'd never imagined. If I can trust him with my life like I have with my body, he might just be my hero. --- I came to destroy this town. I lost everything, spent a year under a torturer's knife, and woke up a dead man walking, hungry for vengeance... Then I saw her. The man I hate was laying his hands on her and I snapped. Something went off inside me, something that drove me to remove his filthy hands from her beautiful body and replace them with mine. The mission has changed. I won't stop until she's safe, and I've found out how hot her lips burn on mine..."
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Author : Keith O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2023-05-02
Paradise Falls written by Keith O'Brien and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-02 with History categories.
The staggering story of an unlikely band of mothers in the 1970s who discovered Hooker Chemical's deadly secret of Love Canal—exposing one of America’s most devastating toxic waste disasters and sparking the modern environmental movement as we know it today. “Propulsive...A mighty work of historical journalism...A glorious quotidian thriller about people forced to find and use their inner strength.” —The Boston Globe Lois Gibbs, Luella Kenny, and other mothers loved their neighborhood on the east side of Niagara Falls. It had an elementary school, a playground, and rows of affordable homes. But in the spring of 1977, pungent odors began to seep into these little houses, and it didn’t take long for worried mothers to identify the curious scent. It was the sickly sweet smell of chemicals. In this propulsive work of narrative storytelling, NYT journalist Keith O’Brien uncovers how Gibbs and Kenny exposed the poisonous secrets buried in their neighborhood. The school and playground had been built atop an old canal—Love Canal, it was called—that Hooker Chemical, the city’s largest employer, had quietly filled with twenty thousand tons of toxic waste in the 1940s and 1950s. This waste was now leaching to the surface, causing a public health crisis the likes of which America had never seen before and sparking new and specific fears. Luella Kenny believed the chemicals were making her son sick. O’Brien braids together previously unknown stories of Hooker Chemical’s deeds; the local newspaperman, scientist, and congressional staffer who tried to help; the city and state officials who didn’t; and the heroic women who stood up to corporate and governmental indifference to save their families and their children. They would take their fight all the way to the top, winning support from the EPA, the White House, and even President Jimmy Carter. By the time it was over, they would capture America’s imagination. Sweeping and electrifying, Paradise Falls brings to life a defining story from our past, laying bare the dauntless efforts of a few women who—years before Erin Brockovich took up the mantle— fought to rescue their community and their lives from the effects of corporate pollution and laid foundation for the modern environmental movement as we know it today.