Cement City
Two journalists, one house, three years… and a look at democracy on the smallest possible scale.
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CHAPTER I:
“I’ll die here.”
Two journalists wander off the highway and discover a dying town with a dark history.
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CHAPTER II:
“Just as good as ever.”
To do pretty much anything here, you have to leave.
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CHAPTER III:
“The skeleton crew.”
An unlikely opportunity could be Donora’s ticket out of oblivion.
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CHAPTER IV:
“Big day in a little town.”
It’s election day. There’s a lot on the line.
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CHAPTER V:
“Great societies crumble from within.”
There seem to be an awful lotta skeletons in these closets. It’s almost a question of who doesn’t have one.
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CHAPTER VI:
“The island of Donora.”
When you’re a tiny voice on an island calling out across an ocean, who will even hear you?
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CHAPTER VII:
“Make sure you take care of Vicki.”
Donora: a town where little old ladies get handed down like family heirlooms.
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CHAPTER VIII:
“Don’t bitch about the smog.”
Halloween is smog season in Donora.
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CHAPTER IX:
“No indictments.”
It’s the general election. A fallen hometown hero is out on bail but still on the ballot.
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CHAPTER X:
“A thousand pairs of untied shoes.”
Christmastime in Donora. Jeanne Marie and Erin are in too deep.
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