Coal river / Ellen Marie Wiseman.
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TextPublisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2016Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Large print editionDescription: 494 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781628998214 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Orphans -- Fiction | Miners -- Fiction | Child labor -- FictionGenre/Form: Large type books. | Historical fiction. DDC classification: 813.6 LOC classification: PS3623.I833 | C63 2016Summary: 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.
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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.
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