Regarded as another classic record of West Coast history, Friends in Chains is available now from Lakeview Publishing as an affordable paperback edition.

West Coast teamster Bob Henderson recounts his years of carting freight and passengers from Nelson to Reefton in this beautifully written and highly entertaining book. Bob comes in with “a strong, invigorating whiff of wholesome sweat, handling the twelve horses that hauled the 8 1/2 ton boiler up skinny, cork-screwing roads to the Energetic Mine.”

This is the story of the working man, the kind of bloke who helped to build the country. His anecdotes include a touching story of his involvement as a telegram delivery boy at the time of the Brunner mine explosion, and an account of how he and his fellow teamsters prevented the town of Reefton from being wiped out. These are the stories that need to be preserved and passed on to a new generation of readers.

Paperback edition, 224 pages with black and white illustrations.

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