About Judith Hoegg Ryan JUDITH HOEGG RYAN is a historian, and the author of Mining. She has written several studies on Nova Scotia industries for the Nova Scotia Museum. She is a native of Pictou County and the daughter of a retired coal miner. Books by Judith Hoegg Ryan The Birthplace of New Scotland An Illustrated History of Pictou County, Canada's Cradle of Industry by (author) Judith Hoegg Ryan Coal in our Blood 200 Years of Coal Mining in Nova Scotia's Pictou County by (author) Judith Hoegg Ryan
