When Coal Was King: Ladysmith and the Coal-Mining Industry on Vancouver Island. By John Hinde. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2003. viii + 288 p., illus., maps, bibl., index. ISBN 0-7748-0936-1 24.95 pb. / ISBN 0-7748-0935-3 85. hb.) - Morier, Chris (Scientia Canadensis, 2005)