Bad Ground: Inside the Beaconsfield Mine Rescue

Tony Wright, Todd Russell, Brant Webb

Murdoch Books, 2006 - Biography & Autobiography - 318 pages

"Bad Ground is the real story of miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb and their deliverance from entombment in the depths of the Beaconsfield hard-rock mine. But the aftershock of the seismic event that trapped them affected the closeknit mining community just as profoundly. Family, friends, fellow miners and rescuers: this is also the story of those who worked desperately against the clock and against all odds to reach the men below, of those who held vigil, of those who grieved, and of those who never stopped believing." --Backcover.

About the author

Tony Wright has worked in journalism for over 30 years, and is currently national affairs editor of The Bulletin. He has received many awards, including Feature Writer of the Year in the Magazine Publishers of Australia awards for 2004 and 2006, an Excellence in Health Journalism award in 2006 for a story he wrote about his daughterÕs experience with diabetes type 1, several United Nations Media Peace Prizes, and a special commendation for excellence in writing in the 1996 Walkleys for his reporting from a war zone on the RwandaZaire border.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Bad Ground: Inside the Beaconsfield Mine Rescue
• Authors: Tony Wright, Todd Russell, Brant Webb
• Edition: illustrated, annotated
• Publisher: Murdoch Books, 2006
• ISBN: 1921208872, 9781921208874
• Length: 318 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General; Biography & Autobiography / General; Technology & Engineering / Emergency Management; Technology & Engineering / Mining