Coal Dust in My Blood
The Autobiography of a Coal Miner
Erschienen am 1. September 2019
197 Seiten
978-0-7726-7734-1 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
The men who worked British Columbia's mines have passed into history. Coal Dust In My Blood is a moving account of one coal miner's life, in plain, evocative language. But this book is much more than a personal memoir. Bill Johnstone's mining career spanned several decades and he worked in a wide variety of positions. His broad insights reveal important aspects of the history of coal mining in BC.
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Inhalt
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- The First Years
- School and War
- Into the Pits
- Improvements
- The Walls Come Tumbling Down
- The New Land
- The Hired Hand
- A Prairie Coal Mine
- Homesteaders: Hudson's Bay Company Style
- The Hard Years
- Farewell to Farming
- Mining on a Shoestring
- At Last I Put Down Roots
- A Wedding Without Bells
- Coal Mining is My Destiny
- Cumberland
- No. 8 Days
- A Little Joy and A LittleSadness
- The War Years and Study
- Coal Versus Oil
- Whipping a Dead Horse
- The Dust is Settled
- Glossary
- Imperial to Metric Conversion Chart
