These Poor Hands - The Autobiography of a Miner Working in South Wales (Paperback, New edition)

"These Poor Hands: The Autobiography of a Miner Working in South Wales", was first published in June 1939. It was an instant bestseller, and its fame catapulted its author into the front rank of 'proletarian writers'. B. L. Coombes, an English-born migrant, had lived in the Vale of Neath since before the First World War, but only turned to writing in the 1930s as a way of communicating the plight of the miners and their communities to the wider world. "These Poor Hands" presents, in a documentary style, the working life of the miner as well as the author's experiences in the lock-outs of 1921 and 1926. It demonstrates Coombes' desire to offer an accurate account of the lives of miners and their families, and carries a sincere moral charge in its description of the waste of human potential that is industrial capitalism in decline. Long out of print, "These Poor Hands" has been recognised for over sixty years as the classic miner's autobiography.

General

Imprint:	University Of Wales Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	B.L. Coombes
Editors:	Bill Jones • Chris Williams
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7083-1563-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Mining technology & engineering Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-7083-1563-1
Barcode:	9780708315637

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