King Coal
Upton Sinclair
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Length 14 h 25 min
Chapters 43
First published 1917
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 1910s. As in an earlier work, The Jungle, Sinclair expresses his socialist viewpoints from the perspective of a single protagonist, Hal Warner, caught up in the schemes and plots of the oppressive American capitalist system. The book itself is based on the 1914-1915 Colorado coal strikes. (Summary by Wikipedia) Reader's note: In Book 4, there is no chapter numbered Section 16 in the public domain Gutenberg e-text. However, no actual text from the book appears to be missing.
Chapters
1
Dedication and Introduction Read by MichelleHarris 7:10
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Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 3-5 Read by MichelleHarris 18:36
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Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 6-8 Read by MichelleHarris 18:42
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Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 9-11 Read by MichelleHarris 18:49
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Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 12-14 Read by MichelleHarris 20:14
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Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 15-17 Read by MichelleHarris 19:24
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Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 18-20 Read by MichelleHarris 17:29
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Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 21-23 Read by MichelleHarris 19:16
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Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 24-26 Read by MichelleHarris 17:58
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Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 27-29 Read by MichelleHarris 17:06
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Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 1-3 Read by MichelleHarris 22:06
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Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 4-6 Read by MichelleHarris 21:26
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Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 7-8 Read by MichelleHarris 18:09
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Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 9-11 Read by MichelleHarris 19:50
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Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 12-14 Read by MichelleHarris 13:32
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Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 15-17 Read by MichelleHarris 20:03
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Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 18-20 Read by MichelleHarris 20:14
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Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 21-23 Read by MichelleHarris 18:37
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Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 24-25 Read by MichelleHarris 16:56
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Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 26-28 Read by MichelleHarris 18:32
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Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 29-31 Read by MichelleHarris 20:29
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Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 32-34 Read by MichelleHarris 23:28
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Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 1-3 Read by MichelleHarris 23:44
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Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 4-6 Read by MichelleHarris 22:51
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Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 7-9 Read by MichelleHarris 18:42
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Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 10-12 Read by MichelleHarris 21:57
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Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 13-14 Read by MichelleHarris 14:59
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Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 15-16 Read by MichelleHarris 17:22
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Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 17-19 Read by MichelleHarris 15:49
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Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 20-22 Read by MichelleHarris 21:06
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Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 23-25 Read by MichelleHarris 21:44
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Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 1-2 Read by MichelleHarris 17:04
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Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 3-5 Read by MichelleHarris 23:58
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Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 6-8 Read by MichelleHarris 17:37
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Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 9-11 Read by MichelleHarris 24:34
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Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 12-14 Read by MichelleHarris 19:31
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Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 15-16 Read by MichelleHarris 15:14
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Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 17-20 Read by MichelleHarris 22:50
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Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 21-23 Read by MichelleHarris 19:00
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Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 24-26 Read by MichelleHarris 23:28
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Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 27-29 Read by MichelleHarris 23:23
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Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 30-32 Read by MichelleHarris 23:07
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Postscript Read by MichelleHarris 31:48
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