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Bittersweet sands : twenty four days in Fort McMurray

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    NeWest Press, 2014

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  • Author: Ranson, Rick
    Date:
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    2014
    Summary:

    Rick Ranson recounts a twenty-four day shift at an oilsands operation undergoing a shutdown.

    Contents:
    • Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Shutdown!; Union Hall; Boomers; The Road; Day One â#x80;#x93; Orientation; Day Two â#x80;#x93; Selling Time in Ft. McMurray, Set Up; Day Three â#x80;#x93; Starting Over, First Email from Doug; Day Four â#x80;#x93; Secretary Scary; Day Five â#x80;#x93; Toolbox Talk; Day Six â#x80;#x93; Big Mistake, Email Day Six; Day Seven â#x80;#x93; Morning Warning; Day Eight â#x80;#x93; Party; Day Nine â#x80;#x93; Oxygen Content, Emeralds and Snakes; Day Ten â#x80;#x93; Lobotomyâ#x80;#x99;s Phone In, That Loud Man; Day Eleven â#x80;#x93; C6, Email Day Eleven; Day Twelve â#x80;#x93; Dinosaur Farts; Day Thirteen â#x80;#x93; Redoing the Job Hazard Card. Day Fourteen â#x80;#x93; Frozen Hams, Email Day FourteenDay Fifteen â#x80;#x93; Jason by the Radio, Double Scotchâ#x80;#x99;s Issues; Day Sixteen â#x80;#x93; Lobotomyâ#x80;#x99;s Final Phone In; Day Seventeen â#x80;#x93; Lunch Break, Email Day Seventeen; Day Eighteen â#x80;#x93; Gas Monitor, a Lesson in Love; Day Nineteen â#x80;#x93; You Canâ#x80;#x99;t Drink Him Pretty; Day Twenty â#x80;#x93; Stretches, Terminated; Day Twenty One â#x80;#x93; Too Tall Wonâ#x80;#x99;t Be With Us Anymore; Day Twenty Two â#x80;#x93; â#x80;#x9C;Got Ten Bucks?â#x80;#x9D;; Day Twenty Three â#x80;#x93; Spider; Day Twenty Four â#x80;#x93; The Great Eastern, Lonesome Road; Epilogue.
    Genre:
    Canadian nonfiction, Anecdotes
    Subject(s): Ranson, Rick
    Original Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta, NeWest Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781927063637, 1927063639