ASIN: B007CLP352
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 83
From the author: In days long gone and mostly forgotten, receiving a LUMP OF COAL in a Christmas stocking was considered a special blessing of warmth and prosperity during cold hard times. This true story of quiet grit features Ralph Carestia, who began going to the mine with his father at 7-years-old. As came to pass with each of the short true accounts of individuals of quiet grit [categorized under my term, "VISCERAL HISTORY," as defined and updated within this 2015 Kindle edition] this one took off on its own. In this case, the theme rooted into the professional life of Ralph Carestia, an owner-operator of 5 businesses based around the coal mining industry in Fremont County, Colorado. Ralph's businesses were in trucking, asphalt paving, a gravel pit, construction crew, and truck repair shop.Only a bare edge of the surface of this history could be captured in a lengthy interview ...
