Diana Musgrave Aikens wrote Through a Miner's Eye, a history of coal mining in the United States. In Anthracite People: Families, Unions, and Work, 1900-1940, John Bodner describes the history of coal towns and inhabitants in the early twentieth century.

Tom Beck's book George M. Bretz, Photographer in the Mines, documents the work of the photographer George Bretz, who lived from 1842 to 1895 and photographed the coal mines in Pennsylvania.

Coal Mine Peaches by Michelle Dionetti tells the story of the author's grandfather, who worked in the Italian mines before coming to America. Tales of the Mine Country by Eric McKeever is a recollection of the author's experiences as a child in the 1930s growing up in a coal-mining town in Pennsylvania. The stories portray the life and times of those who worked the mines, especially the Irish miners known as the Molly Maguires. Judith Hendershot tells...