Combating Mountaintop Removal: New Directions in the Fight against Big Coal By Bryan T. McNeil University of Illinois Press. 2011. 216 pages. $45 cloth, $25 paper * Removing Mountains: Extracting Nature and Identity in the Appalachian Coalfields By Rebecca R. Scott University of Minnesota Press. 2010. 296 pages. $75 cloth, $25 paper View original article: Combating Mountaintop Removal: New Directions in the Fight against Big Coal By Bryan T. McNeil University of Illinois Press. 2011. 216 pages. $45 cloth, $25 paper * Removing Mountains: Extracting Nature and Identity in the Appalachian Coalfields By Rebecca R. Scott University of Minnesota Press. 2010. 296 pages. $75 cloth, $25 paper