No Medals: Conscripted for Coal Mining - Softcover

Beer, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1434333388 ISBN 13: 9781434333384

Verlag: AuthorHouse, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

During the Second World War Britain was so short of vital coal supplies and coal miners that the authorities offered ex miners in the armed forces the opportunity to return to mining. This offer was a failure, so conscription was introduced. At 18, fit young men, chosen by ballot, were conscripted for underground coal mining and became what were known as Bevin Boys, named after Ernest Bevin the Minister of Labour whose scheme it was.Most of the conscripts had never seen a coal mine. This novel is based on the experience of one of them. Set in a Britain drained by war, it reflects the class attitudes of the period.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1434333388
• ISBN 13: 9781434333384
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 232
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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