Bøger af Peter Waite

It's not easy to pinpoint that very first memory of being alive. The author's first recollection however was indeed the sharp shock and pain of a carelessly tossed brick landing fair and square on his young head. He was only three years old, having been born in rural Lincolnshire just a few years after the end of World War Two.

Canada's bachelor prime ministers have always provided extraordinary material for biographers. Richard Bedford Bennett is no exception. In this volume P.B. Waite offers three entertaining essays on the personal life of Canada's Depression prime minister.

Provides details of the output, ownership, management and employment at several hundred mines, mainly around the lead districts of Halkyn and Minera mountains. This book also provides a brief overview of the development of metal mining from the eighteenth century to modern times.