Bad Ground: Inside the Beaconsfield Mine Rescue

Wright, Tony; Russell, Todd; Webb, Brant

ISBN 10: 1921208872 / ISBN 13: 9781921208874

Published by Pier 9, 2006

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[Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Tony Wright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 The exclusive, authorised story of the 14-day entombment and rescue of Beaconsfield miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell and the fascinating aftermath. The blast and rock fall which occurred one kilometre under on Anzac Day, 25 April 2006 killed their fellow worker, Larry Knight a trapped Brant and Todd.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bad Ground: Inside the Beaconsfield Mine Rescue
• Publisher: Pier 9
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1921208872
• ISBN 13: 9781921208874
• Binding: Secondhand, Paperback
• Book Type: Secondhand, Paperback

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Synopsis

Bad Ground is the exclusive, authorised story of the 14-day entombment and rescue of Beaconsfield miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell and the fascinating aftermath. The blast and rock fall which occurred one kilometre underground on Anzac Day, 25 April 2006, killed their fellow worker, Larry Knight, leaving their shift manager certain they were dead. Tony Wright's enthralling, often spine-chilling narrative begins with a masterfully rendered portrait of the small Tasmanian mining township where the drama unfolded, a township that revealed its deepest secrets to him. Full of portent, Bad Ground reads like a psychological thriller as it follows the many intriguing and moving developments surrounding its central characters and their families, above ground and deep below. Russell and Webb, who were wary colleagues before becoming trapped in a cramped and crushed cage, share explicit details of their gruelling 14-day ordeal. They give an uncensored account of the darkest first five days during which little hope was held finding them, dead or alive, and the profoundly changed world they re-joined when rescued via the tunnel that served as their lifeline for nine agonisingly slow days. Bad Ground sets a new standard for this genre. Beautifully crafted, complex and, in parts, explosive, in the finest storytelling tradition, Tony Wright has written a compelling yarn that will stay with you long after the event itself has been forgotten.