| A Special Breed Contributor(s): Jones, Ralph (Author) |
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ISBN: 1789420458 ISBN-13: 9781789420456 Publisher: Wordcatcher Publishing OUR PRICE: $11.54 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2018 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss |
| Series: Wordcatcher Modern Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6" W x 9" (0.45 lbs) 134 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Special Breed is a collection of poems written from the experiences of a former coal miner. The poems tell of the coal face, that only a coal miner could describe. The stories are sometimes harrowing, but if you close your eyes and use your imagination you may be able to envisage the life of a coal face worker. You may also get an insight into the friendship and camaraderie of the coal miners world. A world where they had to watch each others backs on the coal face, and wash each others back in the showers. The world of men who were a special breed, a special breed indeed. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jones, Ralph: - Ralph Jones is a former coal miner, form Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales who writes mostly about the coal mines, which is something he knows well. On leaving school at the age of fifteen, he went to work at Merthyr Vale colliery for 21 years before closure of the colliery in 1989. Ralph has written a book on the 1984 British coal strike called 'The Silent Wheels', to be released in 2019. Also to be released in 2019, written by Ralph Jones, are 'The Deceit' and 'By the Flickering Light'. |