Fight On!
Cape Breton Coal Miners,1900-1925
Published on 6. July 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
88 pages
978-1-77108-856-5 (ISBN)
Description
In early twentieth-century Cape Breton, coal mine workers spent all day in dangerous conditions. But the brave miners stood up to the companies, going on strike and risking their livelihoods to achieve better working conditions and healthier communities. Fight On! is at once an engaging history and a passionate call to action against injustice.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Halifax
Canada
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 10 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77108-856-5 (9781771088565)
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Person
Joanne Schwartz grew up in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Her first picture book Our Corner Grocery Store, illustrated by Laura Beingessner, was a Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award Finalist. Her recent picture book Town is by the Sea, illustrated by Sydney Smith, won the the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, was a Governor General's Literary Award nominee and a Boston-Globe Horn Book Honoree. Joanne has been a children's librarian for more than thirty years. She lives in Toronto.