The B'Breaker Boys
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BILLY
Charlie! The ground's movin'! We're gonna' fall in! It's cavin' in. We gotta' get outta' here, Charlie!
Billy squeezes Charlie's ankles tightly.
(screaming) Whooooooooooa!
DOWN THE SHAFT - DAY
TOO LATE!. The opposite side of the pithole disappears, the entire side of the shaft that the boys are laying on gives way, falling into the shaft.They slide with tons of mud and dirt down, down, down. The boys are riding on top of a huge pile of mud.
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The B'Breakeboys is a fictional story about child labor conditions, until 1920, when child labor laws restricted such practice. The fact based story is followed by a fictional story about two teen age boys falling into an abandoned coal mine shaft. They are not alone and have to fight desperation, cave-ins, rats, fire, water, and old dynamite to escape. The format is a movie script imbedded with drawn storyboard picture frames.
About the Author
Bill Walker, born in Pennsylvania coal country, University of Maryland, professional football, General Motors representative, Automobile dealer, married fifty five years and counting.