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category: History
published: Dec 1996
ISBN:9781926662473
publisher: Between the Lines

We Lived a Life and Then Some

The Life, Death, and Life of a Mining Town

by Charlie Angus; Brit Griffin, illustrated by Sally Lawrence & Rob Moir

tagged: social history
Description

Based on in-depth oral interviews with local residents, and rich archival sources, We Lived A Life and Then Some relates the common person’s struggle to overcome harsh working conditions and government neglect. The unique culture of the hardrock mining town of Cobalt is exposed through the eyes of retired miners, young welfare mothers, and grade-school children. Angus and Griffin reveal why, in spite of great adversity, Cobalt remains a distinctive and cohesive working-class community.

About the Authors

Charlie Angus

CHARLIE ANGUS is a nationally recognized politician, author, and musician. He has published nine books and is the recipient of numerous writing awards, including the Trillium Book Award finalist Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower. Angus has served in the Canadian Parliament for twenty years. He has earned a national reputation as a fierce fighter for social justice and Indigenous rights. Angus was the founding member of Toronto punk band L’etranger. He is the leader of the roots band Grievous Angels; their ninth album is Last Call for Cinderella. Angus lives in Cobalt, Ontario, with his wife, author Brit Griffin. They have three daughters.


Brit Griffin is co-author of We Lived A Life and Then Some: the life and death of a mining town (Between the Lines, 1996), a non-fiction histroical book which made the 2011 CBC Cross Country Check Up Reading List. Brit was publisher of Highgrader Magazine for 10 years, an independent publication focused on rural and resource based communities. She won two American Catholic Press Awards for her writing on family life, and has worked as a freelancer in print, video and radio. She lives in Cobalt, Ont. with her husband Charlie Angus. They have three daughters.


Brit Griffin is co-author of We Lived A Life and Then Some: the life and death of a mining town (Between the Lines, 1996), a non-fiction histroical book which made the 2011 CBC Cross Country Check Up Reading List. Brit was publisher of Highgrader Magazine for 10 years, an independent publication focused on rural and resource based communities. She won two American Catholic Press Awards for her writing on family life, and has worked as a freelancer in print, video and radio. She lives in Cobalt, Ont. with her husband Charlie Angus. They have three daughters.


Brit Griffin is co-author of We Lived A Life and Then Some: the life and death of a mining town (Between the Lines, 1996), a non-fiction histroical book which made the 2011 CBC Cross Country Check Up Reading List. Brit was publisher of Highgrader Magazine for 10 years, an independent publication focused on rural and resource based communities. She won two American Catholic Press Awards for her writing on family life, and has worked as a freelancer in print, video and radio. She lives in Cobalt, Ont. with her husband Charlie Angus. They have three daughters.

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