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We Lived a Life and Then Some

The Life, Death, and Life of a Mining Town

by (author) Charlie Angus & Brit Griffin

illustrated by Sally Lawrence & Rob Moir

Publisher
Between the Lines
Initial publish date
Dec 1996
Category
Social History
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896357065
    Publish Date
    Dec 1996
    List Price
    $24.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781926662473
    Publish Date
    Dec 1996
    List Price
    $15.99

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Based on in-depth oral interviews with local residents, and rich archival sources, We Lived A Life and Then Some relates the common person’s struggle to overcome harsh working conditions and government neglect. The unique culture of the hardrock mining town of Cobalt is exposed through the eyes of retired miners, young welfare mothers, and grade-school children. Angus and Griffin reveal why, in spite of great adversity, Cobalt remains a distinctive and cohesive working-class community.

About the authors

 

Charlie Angus has served as the NDP Member of Parliament for Timmins-James Bay since 2004. In 1985 he formed the Juno-nominated alt-country band Grievous Angels. He became involved in politics through his organizing efforts to stop the Adams Mine garbage proposal and numerous plans to import PCBs to Northern Ontario. He is author/co-author of five books on Northern Ontario life and culture including We Lived A Life And Then Some and Mirrors of Stone.

 

Charlie Angus' profile page

Brit Griffin co-authored a non-fiction history (We Lived A Life And Then Some: the life, death and life of a mining town, Between the Lines, 1996 ) that was listed as a must-read on the 2011 CBC Cross-Country Check-up Summer Reading list. For ten years she ran an independent magazine (Highgrader Magazine )on rural and resource-based communities. She was the recipient of two American Catholic press awards for her writing on family life, and has worked as a free-lancer in print, video and radio. Griffin currently works as a researcher for Timiskaming First Nation, an Algonquin community in northern Quebec. She lives in the town of Cobalt and is the mother of three daughters. The Wintermen is her first novel.

Brit Griffin's profile page

Sally Lawrence's profile page

Rob Moir's profile page

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