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"King Coal" by Sinclair Upton is a novel that describes the Colorado Coal Strikes during 1913-1914.
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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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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An 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.