This looks like a book that was privately printed. College Press is still around: 4981 Industrial Drive Collegedale, TN 37315 (800) 277-7377 http://press.southern.edu You might want to check and see if they can provide a copy. Source: WorldCat Title: The old miner and his guardian angel / by Earnest Hollingsworth. Authors etc.: Hollingsworth, Earnest. Publication: Collegedale, Tenn. : College Press, c1977. Physical Description: 147 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Persons as Subjects: Hollingsworth, Earnest. Subject Headings: Coal miners -- United States Libraries: STATE: AL LIBRARY: AAA (AUBURN UNIV) STATE: GA LIBRARY: ZGF (CHEROKEE REG LIBR) GSU (GEORGIA STATE UNIV) STATE: KY LIBRARY: KBE (BEREA COL) STATE: TN LIBRARY: TCH (CHATTANOOGA HAMILTON CNTY BICENTENNIAL) On Thursday, March 15, 2001 11:22 PM, Beverly Forrester [SMTP:[email protected]] wrote: > Duke, I talked to Betty Johnson today in the LaFayette Library and no, they > do not have a copy of this book by Earnest Hollingsworth either. They would > like a copy. > > Linda Sue hasn't answered about where it can be found yet. If anyone knows, > I wish they would let me know. > > Sue > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 10:31 AM > Subject: [GAWALKER] Re: Durham Mines Book > > > > I was just reminded of a book I had gotten many years ago. I had read it > then, and still have it but had forgotten about it. The book was written in > 1977 and is 'The Old Miner and His Guardian Angel' by Earnest Hollingsworth > (of Walker County). I just this year found out that we are related. But so > is everybody in the county. The book contains a good insight into early > county life and particularly the Durham mines where he worked for a while. > It even has one picture of the area around the mine. According to the Dade > Co. Message Board, the Dade library doesn't have a copy of it. Does anybody > know if there is a copy in the Walker Co. library? > > I would recommend getting and reading it. >