The scapegoat
a novel
1st ed.
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Word Count
69,500 words, Guess
Page Count
278 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100394504771
- ISBN-139780394504773
- LibraryThing83903
- Library of Congress Control Number80005266
- OCLC Control Number6330659
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780394504773
- Open LibraryOL22251806M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3569.E84
- LCCPS3569.E84 S22
and 3 more
- LCCPS3569.E84S22
- LCCPS3569.E84 S22 1980
- LCCPZ4.S497
Description
In a novel about casual and heedless acts that often lead to unthinkable results, Mary Lee Settle traces the fall of a West Virginia town that was first made rich by coal, then corrupted and destroyed by it. Set in 1912, the story propels readers with astonishing immediacy to a fateful day in a coal miners' strike in which relatives of the Beulah dynasty, only dimly aware of their blood ties, confront one another on opposing sides of the dispute. Emotions escalate to a frenzy of violence as Mother Jones, leader of the striking miners, calls for action in a community devastated by Southern resignation and by guilt associated with selling out to Eastern investors.
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- The scapegoat: a novel
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