The Entombed Miner by Tom Austen
SKU TBM9780867780321
AU$45.00
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Product Details
Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780867780277
Author: Tom Austen
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: St George Books
Place: Perth WA
Year: 1986
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 214 pages
Period: 20th Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Sunning to top front cover and top foredge.Slight skew to spine. Signed by author. Previous owner has signed inside page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Interior and binding are very good.
On 19 March 1907, Modesto Varischetti was trapped by water in a mine shaft at Bonnievale in Western Australia. Nine days later he was rescued.
This book tells how the mine was flooded, how Modesto responded to the ordeal, and of the efforts to save him. It also tells of the relations between the Aussies and the Italians of the goldfields. (publisher blurb)
The Entombed Miner by Tom Austen
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