Hardcover in excellent condition, in good  DJ, small closed and open rips, and a large area rubbed off  1987

Between 1848 and 1900, every coal miner who came to Vancouver Island had a dream. For some it was just to find a better life; for others it was to become rich and powerful. Stories of immigrants and adventurers who arrived on the island only to find themselves struggling to survive, often facing death in unsafe mines.