In the Pit: A Cape Breton Coal Miner

By Rennie MacKenzie

A RARE, EXCITING INSIDER STORY of coal mine life in Cape Breton, filled with humour, pride, terror, and humanity. From shoveling at the coal face and hand-lifting tons of shaker pans, to hurtling through low narrow tunnels testing a diesel during early mechanization--you are not spared the details--or the laughs! Here are the gripping drama and rich good humour of one man's daily work underground--a rare, personal account that opens up the culture of coal, from a man who worked 15 years in Number 12 and 18 Collieries, New Waterford.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1895415705
• ISBN13: 9781895415704
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Breton Books
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.8" x 8.8"