View from Kalgoorlie by Ted Mayman

View from Kalgoorlie

Classic short stories of the goldfields

Edited by Ted Mayman

Angus & Robertson, 1980, ISBN 0207143307, paperback

Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, cover separated from text block in front, text block in-tact, age toned pages (see photographs)

“This collection of stories brings vividly to life the Kalgoorlie goldfields through boom and depression, from the determined old fossickers to the days of the large-scale companies.  The physical landscape of the mines is ever present, but more important are the diverse characters themselves.  The three authors have spent significant periods of their lives on the goldfields and write on all aspects of mining life: the dangers, the rewards, the ingenious attempts to obtain illicit gold, the lives of  the women who are wives and mothers to the colourful, comic and sometimes violent miners.”