Product Description From local legend, newspaper reports and family history, Alistair Findlay has pieced together a comprehensive documentary of Scotland's shale mining industry; of the people, communities and generations of families involved, and the cultural and political impact of the industry. Enlivened throughout with numerous photographs, drawings, poetry and short stories, this incredible history of human courage, endurance and endeavour will appeal to any reader with an interest in Scotland's social and cultural history. About the Author Alistair Findlay is the author of Shale Voices (Luath Press, 1999), a social history of the shale oil communities of West Lothian, and Sex, Death and Football (also Luath Press, 2003), which was his first collection of poetry. He has an MPhil in Modern Poetry in English from Stirling University. He works as a Social Work manager in Livingston for West Lothian Council, and resides in Bathgate.