Crosses of Iron: The Tragic Story of Dawson, New Mexico, and Its Twin Mining Disasters January 2023 New Titles 720 pages pb

720 pages pb

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wide-ranging and sometimes downright weird eyes that make up the animal kingdom The book starts with a crash course in how eyes and vision work -- covering everything from the biology of eyes to the physics of light to the features that protect eyes and keep them clean Following this is a survey of 40 of the world's most interesting animal eyes

Crosses of Iron: The Tragic Story of Dawson, New Mexico, and Its Twin Mining Disasters January 2023 New Titles 720 pages pbIn October 1913, 261 miners and two rescuers died when a massive explosion ripped through a mine operated by Phelps, Dodge & Company in Dawson, New Mexico. Ten years later, a second blast claimed the lives of another 120 miners. Today, Dawson is a deserted ghost town. All that remains is a sea of white iron crosses memorializing the nearly four hundred miners killed in the two explosions a death toll unmatched by mine disasters in any other town in