| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 11 min.)) : digital |
| Performer |
Read by Grover Gardner. |
| Summary |
Well known for The Jungle, his scathing expose of the Chicago meatpacking industry at the turn of the twentieth century, Upton Sinclair here takes on yet another massive industry: coal mining. Based on the 1914 and 1915 Colorado coal strikes, King Coal describes the abhorrent conditions faced by workers in the western United States' coal mining industry during the 1910s. The story follows Hal Warner, a rich man looking to get a better view of the lives of commoners. It is a tale of struggle, threats, and violence, of hardened men and the advocacy for workers' rights. In this business, the road to unionization is a rocky one. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Coal mines and mining -- Colorado -- Fiction.
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Coal mines and mining -- Rocky Mountains -- Fiction.
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Coal miners -- Colorado -- Fiction.
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Coal miners -- Rocky Mountains -- Fiction.
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Labor movement -- United States -- Fiction.
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Labor unions -- Organizing -- Fiction.
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Colorado -- Fiction.
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Rocky Mountains -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Gardner, Grover, narrator.
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| Added Title |
hoopla (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9781483009766 (sound recording) (hoopla Audio Book) |
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1483009769 (sound recording) (hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11147913 |
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