The Women of the Copper Country

by Mary Doria Russell

Book Overview

From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Sparrow comes an inspiring historical novel about "America's Joan of Arc" Annie Clements--the courageous woman who started a rebellion by leading a strike against the largest copper mining company in the world.

In July 1913, twenty-five-year-old Annie Clements had seen enough of the world to know that it was unfair. She's spent her whole life in the coal-mining town of Calumet,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982109580
• ISBN13: 9781982109585
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

another great book by a great author

The Women of the Copper Country: A Novel Oh what a great book. The poor get poorer and the rich get richer. you know why? Read this book, it is an excellent account of money over whelming the need to see the humanity in all of us. A novel based on fact, but it brings to life the philosophies that stand between us. Oh yeah. Mary Doria Russell is the greatest writer I have ever encountered in all my years of reading

Don't Miss This Historical Fiction About Strong Women

This book initially interested me because of the location, Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It was a story I never knew. From beginning to end, the people, the time, the location are brought to vivid life in a page turning novel. I didn't want it to end. What a great story.