Chase the Wind by EV Thompson. First edition 1977. H/C with jacket. 416 pp.

On Bodmin Moor in Cornwall in the 1840s copper-mining flourished. This saga is about the miners, men with stout hearts that would not be broken by poverty or exploitation, and about Josh, son of a much respected miner. He falls in love with Miriam, wild daughter of a drunken gipsy miner.

First published 1977 by Macmillan London. Condition: Good. Previous owner's name in front.