"Boots" was anything but a normal coal miner Logan, WV History ...
Grimmett, known as "Boots" by his Island Creek friends, was 48 years old and had been working in the mines since 1923, according to the Banner report. While this information would seem about normal for a coal miner in 1939, "Boots" was anything but a normal coal miner. You see, "Boots" Grimmett had no legs and got around by means of ...