With Dust Still in His Throat
The Writing of B. L. Coombes, the Voice of a Working Miner
New edition
9781783161492
Distributed for University of Wales Press
With Dust Still in His Throat
The Writing of B. L. Coombes, the Voice of a Working Miner
New edition
This book gathers the best writing of B. L. Coombes, a Welsh miner who took up his pen and became the voice of his fellow workers in the 1930s and ’40s. Praised by prominent figures such as J. B. Priestley and Cyril Connolly, Coombes gave voice to men who had previously been silent, and this volume, with its mix of fiction, nonfiction, and autobiography, offers contemporary readers a way in to the experience of Welsh miners—the hard labor, danger, and community that were central to their experience of life and work.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Home on the Hill: An Autobiography (extracts)
Introduction
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Eight
Short Stories
Introduction
His Message
The Inheritance
Fate
The Watch
Castell Vale
Introduction
Chapter One
Chatper Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
The War Diary of a Welsh Miner
Introduction
The War Diary of a Welsh Miner
Further Reading