In early September, I received an email from Sharon Niederman asking if I would be willing to meet with her to talk about the upcoming release of my book, Crosses of Iron: The Tragic Story of Dawson, New Mexico, and Its Twin Mining Disasters.

Naturally, I said “yes,” and we met a few days later over coffee at one of Albuquerque’s Flying Star cafes.

Sharon is a reporter for the World Journal, a weekly newspaper based in Walsenburg, Colorado, that also covers New Mexico’s Colfax County, home to the old coal mining town of Dawson.

The article appeared on Sept. 14, several weeks before the Oct. 1 publication of the book by the University of New Mexico Press.

The article can be read by clicking here or on the image.