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More on Fiction & Poetry from The Atlantic Monthly.

From the archives:

"Life in the Iron Mills" (April 1861)
"Hide your disgust and come right down with me—here, into the thickest of the fog and foul effluvia. I want you to hear this story." By Rebecca Harding.

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A look back at reflections on The Atlantic's early years in Boston.

Flashbacks: "Howells Rediscovered" (December 7, 2005)
A collection of articles by and about The Atlantic's third editor, William Dean Howells, celebrates his contributions to the magazine and American literature.

Flashbacks: "Hard Times in the Big Easy" (October 12, 2005)
Articles from the '40s through the '80s on the delights and drawbacks of life in New Orleans.

Flashbacks: "The Best Interests of the Child" (October 3, 2005)
Articles by Karl Menninger, Bruno Bettelheim, Caitlin Flanagan, and others on how to raise well-adjusted children.

Flashbacks: "A Century of Cartoons" (September 7, 2005)
Articles by Walt Kelly and others on the Yellow Kid, superhero comics, Art Spiegelman, and more.

Flashbacks: "Israel and Palestine" (August 22, 2005)
Articles from 1919 to the present comment on the establishment of Israel and the resentment of those it has displaced.

Atlantic Unbound | January 6, 2006

Flashbacks

Appalachian Hardship

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In the wake of the Sago mining tragedy, a look back at an 1861 tale that brought the plight of impoverished West Virginia workers to national attention.

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The tragic events this week at West Virginia's Sago Mine have thrown into relief the risky, arduous work that Appalachian coal miners undertake each day to put bread on the table. For many, the region has long proved a difficult place in which to eke out a living—a place where thankless, difficult work of various kinds has offered the best hope of support over the years.

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