Dying For Gold

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ISBN: 9781038306241

The True Story of the Giant Mine Murders

Lee Selleck, Francis Thompson

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FriesenPress
29 October 2024

True crime; History of the Americas; Industrial relations & safety

On September 18, 1992 a violent explosion deep in Yellowknife's Giant mine took the lives of nine miners. The men had defied the picket lines that were the scene of violent clashes between the mineworkers and company security forces during a long and bitter strike/lockout. Roger Warren, a veteran miner whose skills were legendary, was convicted of nine counts of murder, but his guilt is disputed to this day.

In this stunning, updated 30th anniversary expose, journalists Lee Selleck and Francis Thompson tell the dramatic story behind this tragedy, the vast personal and political fallout, and the lessons that hold true today. Dying For Gold unravels the complex web of events leading up to the explosion and gives incisive portraits of the major players on all sides of the bitter standoff.

Selleck and Thompson conducted more than 500 interviews and spent five years writing Dying For Gold. Their work takes you inside the mine, to the picket lines, to the front row of the courtrooms for Roger Warren's trials, and the victims' families' tenacious struggle for compensation and justice. Dying For Gold inspired the CBC's recent, award-winning podcast, Giant - Murder Underground.

By: Lee Selleck, Francis Thompson
Imprint: FriesenPress
Edition: 3rd ed.
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 671g
ISBN: 9781038306241
ISBN 10: 1038306248
Pages: 462
Publication Date: 29 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Award-winning journalist Lee Selleck covered the Giant Mine story for The Press Independent newspaper, Canadian Press, and later for CBC Television. He was a major contributor to CBC's Giant Mine docudrama and in 2022, CBC's acclaimed podcast, Giant - Murder Underground. A recipient of the Queen's Jubilee Medal, he lives in Yellowknife. Francis Thompson was a reporter at Northern News Services when the labour dispute began at Giant Mine. After the first edition of this book, he gradually moved from journalism to public health policy. He has worked at the provincial, federal and international levels, traveling extensively. He now works in the Ottawa area, where he lives with his family.