Historys Most Dangerous Jobs Miners

Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 075249225X
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History's Most Dangerous Jobs: Miners written by Anthony Burton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mining is Britain’s oldest industry, and this book follows the men and, in the past, women who spent their lives working underground. Since the New Stone Age various minerals have been wrested from British soil – copper, tin, gold, lead – but in later periods the key commodity was coal. Those who worked in the mines were constantly battling on two fronts: there was the continual danger of flood and explosion; and the often bitter struggles against the mine owners. This story is also one of invention and innovation, looking particularly at how the independent miners of Cornwall and Devon were at the forefront of the development of the steam engine that was to transform society. This, the second book in an exciting new series looking at Britain’s most dangerous industries, is a tale of blood, sweat and death among a courageous and close-knit community that has now all but passed into history.

Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 075249225X
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History's Most Dangerous Jobs: Miners written by Anthony Burton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mining is Britain's oldest industry, and this book follows the men and, in the past, women who spent their lives working underground. Since the New Stone Age various minerals have been wrested from British soil – copper, tin, gold, lead – but in later periods the key commodity was coal. Those who worked in the mines were constantly battling on two fronts: there was the continual danger of flood and explosion; and the often bitter struggles against the mine owners. This story is also one of invention and innovation, looking particularly at how the independent miners of Cornwall and Devon were at the forefront of the development of the steam engine that was to transform society. This, the second book in an exciting new series looking at Britain's most dangerous industries, is a tale of blood, sweat and death among a courageous and close-knit community that has now all but passed into history.

Author : Suzanne Garbe
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1476501270
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Killer Jobs! written by Suzanne Garbe and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2014 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes in detail several of history's most dangerous jobs"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Nick Gordon
Publisher : Bellwether Media
ISBN 13 : 1612117007
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coal Miner written by Nick Gordon and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sunshine, solid ground, and fresh air. You don't find these things in underground coal mines. Miners must be prepared to work in pitch-black darkness and survive explosions, cave-ins, and the release of deadly gases. Go beneath the surface of one of the most dangerous jobs.

Author : Leon Gray
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1482465256
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horrible Jobs of the Industrial Revolution written by Leon Gray and published by The Rosen Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013-12-30 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Industrial Revolution brought about great changes, but this was a time before many labor laws, and many children had to work from sunup to sundown. The poor had to work as rat catchers and coal miners! Readers will take in important historical context as they learn all about these and other horrible jobs of the era. Sidebars and fact boxes add further detail, including the grotesque "secret" to softening animal hides for leather goods. Historical images and colorful illustrations draw readers deeper into the harsh reality of a pivotal era full of terrible working conditions.

Author : Thurman Miller
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781514661314
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Miner written by Thurman Miller and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coal made modern America. It built the factories and ships that won a terrible war and fueled the greatest peacetime economic expansion in history. The American Century came at a cost: the lives and health of the men who wrested coal from the ground. This is the story of how a long career in the most dangerous of jobs helped one soldier rebuild his shattered life, day by day, ton by ton-an inside look at how a miner learns to judge the mountain overhead, his fellow miners, and himself.

Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752481266
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History's Most Dangerous Jobs: Navvies written by Anthony Burton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the men who built Britain’s canals and railways – not the engineers and the administrators but the ones who provided the brawn and muscle. There had never been a workforce like the navvies, a great army of men, moving about the country following the work as it became available. This book will tell of their extraordinary feats of strength and their often colourful lives. They lived rough, usually having to make do with huts and shelters cobbled together from whatever materials were available. They worked hard and drank hard. Often exploited by their employers, they were always liable to erupt into riots that could have fatal results. The book will look at who these men were, where they came from – and destroy the myth that they were all Irish. It is a story full of drama, but above all one of great achievements.

Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752481266
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History's Most Dangerous Jobs: Navvies written by Anthony Burton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the men who built Britain's canals and railways – not the engineers and the administrators but the ones who provided the brawn and muscle. There had never been a workforce like the navvies, a great army of men, moving about the country following the work as it became available. This book will tell of their extraordinary feats of strength and their often colourful lives. They lived rough, usually having to make do with huts and shelters cobbled together from whatever materials were available. They worked hard and drank hard. Often exploited by their employers, they were always liable to erupt into riots that could have fatal results. The book will look at who these men were, where they came from – and destroy the myth that they were all Irish. It is a story full of drama, but above all one of great achievements.

Author : W. LIVESEY (Chief Clerk to the Miners' Federation.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mining Crisis: Its History and Meaning to All Workers written by W. LIVESEY (Chief Clerk to the Miners' Federation.) and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eric Twitty
Publisher : Western Reflections Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781937851439
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blown to Bits in the Mine written by Eric Twitty and published by Western Reflections Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interspersing tales of death and survival, Eric Twitty tells the story of explosives in the United States mining industry in an interesting and easy-to-read way. This book is as much for the casual observer of western history as it is for explosive experts wanting to know more about the tools of their trade. Interesting photographs and drawings complete the picture of perhaps the most dangerous of all occupations.