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The second volume of William T. Vollmann's epic investigation into the factors and human actions that have led to global warming begins in the coalfields of West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, where "America's best friend" is not merely a fuel but a "heritage." Over the course of four years, Vollmann finds hollowed-out towns with coal-polluted streams and acidified drinking water, makes covert tours of mountaintop removal mines, gathers accounts of...