Contents
Foreword Jennifer Richmond-Bryant
Preface
Prologue
Part I. Origins
1. Donner Takes the Reins
2. Breaking Records
3. A Town Blossoms
4. Mavericks Not Allowed
5. Building the Mills
6. Peopling the Mills
7. Wooden Shoes and an Oatmeal Lunch
8. Mr. Edison Arrives
9. Walls of Slag
Part II. Working the Mills
10. Transporting Treasures
11. O! Little Town of Webster
12. Zinc in the Wind
13. It Takes a Killing
14. The Persistent Legend of Young Andrew Posey
15. Death on the River Meuse
16. Decisions, Decisions
Part III. Fog Rolls In
17. The Days Before
18. The First Days
19. Friday
20. Heroes and Villains
21. Halloween Parade
22. The Town Reacts
23. Death Begins Its Assault
24. “Oh, Helen, My Dad Just Died!”
25. Game Day
26. Donora Goes to Press
27. Bless the Rains
28. The Blaming Game
29. Fighting the Good Fight
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Complete Victim Data
Notes
Selected References
Index