THE COMPANY STORE

Goodread Biographies, Halifax, NS, 1984, 1^st paperback pr.  ISBN 0-88780-126-9.  MMPB, 362 pages including Bibliography, Acknowledgements, and Index.  Very good; some edge and cover wear, light crease on front and reading creases on spine; binding sound.  Interior clean and unmarked with tanned pages.  ‘J. B. McLachlan was a fiery, idealistic Scot who came to Canada with a vision of a better world.  He settled in Cape Breton, and there he worked in the coal mines along with hundreds of men and boys drawn from all parts of the globe.  The owners of the mines cared little for safety or working conditions.  Miners and their families were virtual serfs of the company.  As their wages were squeezed lower, mine workers fought back through their union – with J. B. McLachlan at the head.’ (from rear wrap)