Called Home The Dartmoor Tin Miner 1860-1940 Photographs & Memory,
Author Tom Greeves, Hardback with DJ, 160 pages, 166 illustrations
Cost £16.00 plus £2.80 P&P via www.moorebooks.co.uk
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Publishers synopsis
This book is the product of two core elements – first, photographs taken
between 1860 and 1940 of the last days of Dartmoor’s high moorland tin
industry and, secondly, recollection of those days from the people of
Dartmoor themselves. Both components have been gathered by Tom Greeves
since about 1970, involving countless conversations, correspondence and
journeys, even to America. Three important mines are the focus of this book
– Hexworthy, Vitifer and Golden Dagger. Unique images of people and
machinery bring to life the sites that have now been reclaimed by the moor,
and the voices of those once involved in Dartmoor’s pre-eminent industry
are heard again.
THE AUTHOR
Tom Greeves MA, PhD, is a cultural environmentalist who is a leading
authority on the archaeology and history of Dartmoor. Since 1998 he has
been chairman of the Dartmoor Society and he has been President of the
Devonshire Association 2015-2016. His varied career has included being
Sites & Monuments Officer for Devon and archaeologist for Dartmoor National
Park.
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