Sam and Vicky embark on a south Caribbean honeymoon cruise. Friends Dusty and Marilyn accompany them and the two couples look forward to a spectacular week-long journey that embarks from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The itinerary includes the U.S. Virgin Islands, Dominica, Barbados, and Aruba. Adventure and anticipation embrace the four friends as plans are made for each exciting port of call--shopping, snorkeling, and sight-seeing the various historical sites. Imagine their dilemma when they awake one morning to find that their ship, "The Whimsical Wave" has been overtaken in the night by nearly a...

Johnny McCarthy is a third generation coal miner whose father and grandfather died in the coal mines of Ireland. Johnny digs coal for the Stone Mountain Coal Company in Matewan, West Virginia in the early 1920s. He is staunchly devoted to his family and the coal company based on the loyalties his father has taught him. But in W.Va, he faces the challenge of union organizing, workplace violence, and the difficulty of providing enough food and clothing for his family. In addition, he deals on a daily basis with the dangers of the mine, including explosion, cave-ins, darkness, and rats. And...