Ken Cuthbertson
Autor(a) de Nobody Said Not to Go: The Life, Loves, and Adventures of Emily Hahn
About the Author
Ken Cuthbertson is a veteran journalist and Governor General's Literary Award finalist, with more than forty years of experience writing for publications in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. He holds a degree in modern American history, a master of arts degree in journalism, and a mostrar mais law degree. Ken Cuthbertson is the author of five previous books, including the critically acclaimed The Halifax explosion: Canada's Worst Disaster. mostrar menos
Obras de Ken Cuthbertson
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1951-05-07
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Organizações
- The New Yorker
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 7
- Membros
- 231
- Popularidade
- #97,643
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Resenhas
- 14
- ISBNs
- 20
Cuthbertson focused on four miners experiences on that evening to give the reader a blow by blow description of what it was like to experience the "bump" that destroyed No. 2 colliery and then face being trapped with no apparent way to get out. The trapped miners had no food or water, had to be conscious of the danger of methane gas, while facing the nauseating odour of decomposing bodies mixed with the equally repulsive scent of human waste.
The journalist background of the author shows in the very readable text but he does tend to repeat details over and over. An example is that every time singer Anne Murray's name is mentioned, Cuthbertson tells us she is a famous Canadian singer. In the same vien, he frequently explains Maurice Ruddick is known as the Singing Miner.… (mais)