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100 1 $aSelleck, Lee,$d1955-
245 10 $aDying for gold :$bthe true story of the Giant mine murders /$cLee Selleck and Francis Thompson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aToronto :$bHarperCollins,$c℗♭1997.
300 $axxi, 344 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 336) and index.
520 $a"On September 18, 1992, nine men died in the labyrinthine drifts of Yellowknife's Giant gold mine, after four months of a painful labor dispute. Six of the dead were Giant employees; three were "replacement workers". All were husbands, fathers, sons, lovers, friends, firefighters, draegermen. Their deaths brought squadrons of police, investigators and the eye of the national media to Yellowknife. Roger Warren, a longtime Giant employee, was convicted on nine counts of second-degree murder. A multi-million dollar civil suit is ongoing. Those were the headlines reported in the nightly news, but as Yellowknife journalists Lee Selleck and Francis Thompson note, the real story of the Giant Mine tragedy was, up until now, untold. In a meticulously researched expose that unfolds like a compelling murder mystery, the two journalists peet back the complex layers of the events leading up to the unraveling of a close-knit community.
520 $aThey reveal a large and fascinating cast of players: Peggy Witte, the mine owner, whose belligerent strikebreaking tactics were unprecedented in the Canadian mining industry; an inexperienced and stubborn union whose members sometimes resorted to criminal acts; a paramilitary corporate security force; police who often seemed to act as agents of Giant Mine management; and an absentee federal government with close ties to the mining industry. They take you into the lives of miners and their families struggling to come to grips with issues ..."--GoogleBooks.
600 10 $aWarren, Roger Wallace$vTrials, litigation, etc.
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650 0 $aGiant Mine Strike, Yellowknife, N.W.T., 1992-1993.
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650 6 $aGre ve de la Royal Oak Mines Inc., Yellowknife, T.N.-O., 1992-1993.
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655 7 $aTrials, litigation, etc.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423712
700 1 $aThompson, Francis,$d1967-
776 08 $iOnline version:$aSelleck, Lee, 1955-$tDying for gold.$b1st ed.$dToronto : HarperCollins, ℗♭1997$w(OCoLC)608939915
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