Download or read book The Boy With the U S Miners written by Francis Rolt-Wheeler and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'The Boy With the U.S. Miners' by Francis Rolt-Wheeler, the reader is taken on a riveting journey following the life of a young protagonist who finds himself deep in the heart of the American mining industry. Rolt-Wheeler's detailed descriptions and vivid imagery paint a compelling picture of the hardships and dangers faced by miners in this period. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, the book offers a glimpse into the labor struggles and working conditions of the time, making it a valuable historical document. The narrative style is characterized by a mix of adventure, drama, and social commentary, making it an engaging read for those interested in early 20th-century American literature. Francis Rolt-Wheeler, a prolific writer and journalist, was known for his keen observations and passionate advocacy for social reform. His experiences as a war correspondent and travel writer likely informed his writing in 'The Boy With the U.S. Miners,' adding depth and authenticity to the story. I highly recommend this book to readers interested in American history, social justice, and coming-of-age narratives.
Download or read book Boys in the Pits written by Robert Gordon McIntosh and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2000 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning early in the nineteenth century, thousands of Canadian boys, some as young as eight, laboured underground - driving pit ponies along narrow passageways, manipulating ventilation doors, and helping miners cut and load coal at the coalface to produce the energy that fuelled Canada's industrial revolution. Boys died in the mines in explosions and accidents but they also organised strikes for better working conditions but were instead expelled from the mines and lost their jobs.Boys in the Pits shows the rapid maturity of the boys and their role in resisting exploitation. In what will certainly be a controversial interpretation of child labour, Robert McIntosh recasts wage-earning children as more than victims, showing that they were individuals who responded intelligently and resourcefully to their circumstances.Boys in the Pits is particularly timely as, despite the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, accepted by the General assembly in 1989, child labour still occurs throughout the world and continues to generate controversy. McIntosh provides an important new perspective from which to consider these debates, reorienting our approach to child labour, explaining rather than condemning the practice. Within the broader social context of the period, where the place of children was being redefined as - and limited to - the home, school, and playground, he examines the role of changing technologies, alternative sources of unskilled labour, new divisions of labour, changes in the family economy, and legislation to explore the changing extent of child labour in the mines.Robert McIntosh is employed at the National Archives of Canada.
Download or read book The Bitter Cry of the Children written by John Spargo and published by New York : the Macmillan Company. This book was released on 1906 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Digging a Hole to Heaven written by S. D. Nelson and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 12 years old, Conall has already worked in the coal mines of West Virginia for two years. He spends his days deep underground with his faithful mule, Angel, carting loads of coal back and forth between the coal seams and the main shaft, where elevators take the coal up to the surface. One day a tunnel collapses, and his brother is trapped with others on the wrong side! How can Conall and Angel help to save them?Mixing archival images with his original artwork, in this historical fiction picture book acclaimed author and illustrator S. D. Nelson gives voice to the poverty, grueling labor, and dangerous conditions experienced by child laborers across our nation in the past, echoing conditions today, especially for migrant fieldworkers. Praise for Digging a Hole to Heaven "Nelson’s acrylic-paint illustrations are gritty and realistic; more evocative still are the historical photographs that appear on nearly every page. A useful and thorough piece of work combining fiction and nonfiction, with an extensive author’s note detailing the history of coal mining." --Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book The Gem hunters written by Francis Rolt-Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Growing Up in Coal Country written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1996 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes what life was like, especially for children, in coal mines and mining towns in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Download or read book Report on Condition of Woman and Child wage Earners in the United States Conditions under which children leave school to go to work written by United States. Bureau of Labor and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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