Upton Sinclair is one of the not too many writers who have consecrated their lives to the agitation for social justice, and who have also enrolled their art in the service of a set purpose. A great and non-temporizing enthusiast, he never flinched from making sacrifices. Now and then he attained gre
King Coal
β Scribed by Upton Sinclair
- Book ID
- 110781099
- Publisher
- Duke Classics
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781620136362
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β¦ Synopsis
In 1906, Upton Sinclair shocked the world with his gritty expose of the American meatpacking industry, The Jungle , ushering in a new era of unflinchingly realistic fiction in the process. A decade later, Sinclair followed up with King Coal , a gripping novel that affords readers a jaw-dropping look at the appalling conditions that brought about the 1914-1915 coal strikes in Colorado.
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