TY - SER KW - Roman Catholics KW - Italian Americans KW - Polish Americans KW - World War II KW - priests KW - coal industry AU - Jennifer Haigh AB - Follows the Novaks, a Polish-Italian clan in the fictionalized coal-mining town of Bakerton. When Stanley Novak dies, the children spin off in different directions. C1 - 1940s-50s C3 - Allegheny Mountains C4 - Literary; Saga; Historical CY - New York LA - English M3 - Novel N1 - Bakerton is inspired by the author’s hometown of Barnesboro, Cambria County. N2 - Follows the Novaks, a Polish-Italian clan in the fictionalized coal-mining town of Bakerton. When Stanley Novak dies, the children spin off in different directions. PB - William Morrow PP - New York PY - 2005 RN - Jennifer Wasilko Haigh (1968— ) was born to a Ukrainian Catholic family in Cambria County. She earned a BA at Dickinson College and an MFA at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. EP - 352 p. TI - Baker Towers ER -