A claustrophobic boy dreams of going to college and becoming a newspaperman rather than a miner like his father, but when all union miners in the Coeur d'Alene Mining District are arrested, Mick develops new respect for his father while taking over responsibility for his family.
year: 2004
call number/section: 1000
subjects: lead mines and mining, juvenile fiction, fathers and sons, families, idaho, labor unions, self-actualization (psychology), coeur d'alene mining district (idaho), juvenile fiction, idaho, history, 20th century, fiction