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    King Coal

    Written by Upton Sinclair

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

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    Well known for TheJungle, his scathing exposé of the Chicago meatpacking industry at the turnof the twentieth century, Upton Sinclair here takes on yet another massiveindustry: coal mining.Based on the 1914 and 1915 Colorado coal strikes, King Coal describes the abhorrent conditionsfaced by workers in the western United States’ coal mining industry during the1910s. The story follows Hal Warner, a rich man looking to get a better view ofthe lives of commoners. It is a tale of struggle, threats, and violence, ofhardened men and the advocacy for workers’ rights. In this business, the roadto unionization is a rocky one.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlackstone Audio
    Release dateAug 5, 2014
    ISBN9781483009773
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    Upton Sinclair

    American writer UPTON BEALL SINCLAIR (1878-1968) was an active socialist and contributor to many socialist publications. His muckraking books include King Coal (1917), Oil! (1927), and Boston (1928).

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    • 5/5
      An excellent tale of life in a West VA coal mine and the men and women that live and work there. I can identify because my grandfather was a copper miner and I have heard many stories of life in and around the mines.