TY - BOOK AU - Sinclair,Upton AU - Brandes,Georg TI - King Coal AV - PS PY - 2005/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Coal mines and mining -- United States -- Fiction KW - Coal miners -- United States -- Fiction KW - Labor movement -- United States -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Coal; Release date is 2005-02-01; Text file produced by Eric Eldred, Beth Trapaga and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger; David Widger, Eric Eldred, Beth Trapaga and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified N2 - "King Coal: a novel by Upton Sinclair" is a novel published in 1917 that exposes the brutal working conditions in western American coal mines during the 1910s. Based on the 1913-1914 Colorado coal strikes, it follows wealthy young Hal Warner, who disguises himself as "Joe Smith" to work undercover in the mines. There he witnesses exploitation, corruption, and dangerous conditions firsthand. When a mining disaster strikes, Hal must choose between his privileged life and the workers' struggle for justice and dignity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7522 ER -