Michael of Wales - Paul Conkin (Preloved)

Illustrated with photographs by the author

Eleven-year-old Michael Horler is lucky —lucky he didn't live a hundred years ago.

He probably wouldn't have known how to read or write, or even have seen the inside of a school. He would have been a stranger to such pleasant pastimes as playing soccer, climbing trees, or watching flocks of pigeons circle over the town of Six Bells where he lives. Chances are he would have worked from dawn to dusk in the dark and loneliness of a coal mine.

Coal is an important part of Michael's life—it's part of the air he breathes. But it is no longer foolish fancy for a boy to look beyond the pits and dream, as Michael dreams, of becoming a professional soccer player or a scientist. This book describes Michael's world, what it's like to be a miner's son in the 70's, and-more than that—what it means to be Welsh.

• Dodd Mead & Co. 1977 (1st edition)
• English language
• Hardback with dust jacket, 77 pages
• Measures 19 x 1.3 x 24 cm

Condition: good: ex-library book. Has been laminated (which is torn) so dust jacket in very good condition underneath. Front has had library slip torn out and stamps "withdrawn from stock"