
King Coal
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Grover Gardner
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By:
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Upton Sinclair
Well known for The Jungle, his scathing exposé of the Chicago meatpacking industry at the turn of the 20th 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.
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Sad and real
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Upton Sinclair does it again
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Great book
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A little preachy
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So relevant today, still - workers must unite!
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Great
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100 plus years later and nothing has changed
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I must say I've enjoyed this one the most of all three. Filled with adventure and great character, King Coal was a joy to listen to.
Grover Gardner is an excellent narrator, mimicking accents and adding the emotions perfectly where necessary.
Upton's work always jumps into the political during the last third, but it was less start here than in the Jungle and especially Oil!
Definitely worth your while if you want to learn more about class struggles and prejudice in the coal camps in the early 1900's.
Pleasantly surprised.
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Excellent
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