Bibliograph

Coal river, Ellen Marie Wiseman

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Coal river, Ellen Marie Wiseman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Coal river

Responsibility statement

Ellen Marie Wiseman

Summary

An historical novel that explores one young woman's determination to put an end to child labor in a Pennsylvania mining town. As a child, Emma Malloy left isolated Coal River, Pennsylvania, vowing never to return. Now, orphaned and penniless at nineteen, she accepts a train ticket from her aunt and uncle and travels back to the rough-hewn community. Treated like a servant by her relatives, Emma works for free in the company store. There, miners and their impoverished families must pay inflated prices for food, clothing, and tools, while those who owe money are turned away to starve

Target audience

adult

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