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King Coal is a 1917 novel by Upton Sinclair that describes the poor working conditions in the coal mining industry in the western United States during the 1910s, from the perspective of a single protagonist, Hal Warner. As in his earlier work, The Jungle, Sinclair uses the novel... Read Full Overview

The town of Pedro stood on the edge of the mountain country; a straggling assemblage of stores and saloons from which a number of branch railroads ran up into the canyons, feeding the coal-camps. Through the week it slept peacefully; but on Saturday nights, when the miners came... Read Full Overview

Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), a self-described socialist propagandist, was a prolific American author and trailblazing social crusader who sought to uncloak the "wage slavery" of workers by pioneering investigative journalism known as "muckraking." His 1906... Read Full Overview

In this classic novel by Upton Sinclair, young Hal Warner leaves home determined to discover the truth about conditions in the coal mines. He gets a job as a miner and lives in the mining community, seeing first hand their misery and exploitation at the hands of their bosses... Read Full Overview

Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), a self-described socialist propagandist, was a prolific American author and trailblazing social crusader who sought to uncloak the "wage slavery" of workers by pioneering investigative journalism known as "muckraking." His 1906... Read Full Overview

Hal Warner may be a rich kid, but even he can see that the working conditions in the Colorado coal mines are inhumane. Inspired by real-life events, King Coal follows Hal's undercover exploration of the coal industry and his attempts to unionize the workers. Like Upton Sinclair's... Read Full Overview

A fellow determined to find the truth for himself about conditions in the mines, runs away from home and adopts the alias "Joe Smith." After being turned away by one coal mine for fear of Hal being a union organizer, he gets a job in another coal mine operated... Read Full Overview

King Coal is a book by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1917, that exposes the dirty working conditions in the coal mining industry in the western United States during the 1910's. As in an earlier work, The Jungle, Sinclair expresses his socialist viewpoints from the perspective... Read Full Overview

Sinclair followed his classic muckraking novel The Jungle with this powerful indictment of the inhuman treatment of coalminers. More than just a reformist's call to arms, Sinclair's spellbinding 1917 novel recounts the adventures of an idealistic, college-educated man who lands... Read Full Overview

King Coal is a 1917 novel by Upton Sinclair that describes the poor working conditions in the coal mining industry in the western United States during the 1910s, from the perspective of a single protagonist, Hal Warner. As in his earlier work, The Jungle, Sinclair uses the... Read Full Overview

This gripping novel exposes the unjust and often dangerous conditions faced by coal miners in the American West. Through the experiences of Hal Warner, a college-educated Easterner who takes a job in a coal mine, Sinclair reveals the corruption and oppression of the mining... Read Full Overview

This gripping novel exposes the unjust and often dangerous conditions faced by coal miners in the American West. Through the experiences of Hal Warner, a college-educated Easterner who takes a job in a coal mine, Sinclair reveals the corruption and oppression of the mining... Read Full Overview

"It lives and breathes in the light, because it has thousands of unfortunates toiling in the darkness. It lives and has its being in proud liberty because thousands are slaving for it, whose thralldom is the price of this liberty." ― Upton Sinclair, King Coal King Coal... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

King Coal is a novel written by Upton Sinclair that was first published in 1917. The book is a powerful and gripping portrayal of the coal mining industry in the United States during the early 20th century. It tells the story of Hal Warner, a young man who leaves his comfortable... Read Full Overview