Writer and environmental activist Jeff Biggers' latest book Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland tells the story of his journey into his own family's history in the mountains of Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois. He uncovers the devastating environmental destruction of the mountains that is taking place in the heartland of America today and exposes the truth about coal.

In addition to being an award-winning author, Biggers is a contributing editor to The Bloomsbury Review, he regularly blogs for the Huffington Post and Grist and is Co- founder of the theater company, Coal Free Future Project

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