The Nipper
The Nipper, Author Catherine Cookson, 159 pages, Puffin Book, Set in the early s in the mining areas of North-East England, this is a story of tough people in hard times, a story of sweated labour in squalid conditions, of Big Mullen- whotried to lead the miners in revolt, of Old Mark - who lost his limbs in the Squire`s man trap, and a host of other mining folk. Read More