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 7 min 2 Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 1-2 17 min 3 Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 3-5 19 min 4 Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 6-8 19 min 5 Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 9-11 19 min 6 Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 12-14 20 min 7 Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 15-17 19 min 8 Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 18-20 17 min 9 Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 21-23 19 min 10 Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 24-26 18 min 11 Book 1 - The Domain of King Coal; Sections 27-29 17 min 12 Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 1-3 22 min 13 Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 4-6 21 min 14 Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 7-8 18 min 15 Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 9-11 20 min 16 Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 12-14 14 min 17 Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 15-17 20 min 18 Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 18-20 20 min 19 Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 21-23 19 min 20 Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 24-25 17 min 21 Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 26-28 19 min 22 Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 29-31 20 min 23 Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 32-34 23 min 24 Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 1-3 24 min 25 Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 4-6 23 min 26 Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 7-9 19 min 27 Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 10-12 22 min 28 Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 13-14 15 min 29 Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 15-16 17 min 30 Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 17-19 16 min 31 Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 20-22 21 min 32 Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 23-25 22 min 33 Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 1-2 17 min 34 Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 3-5 24 min 35 Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 6-8 18 min 36 Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 9-11 25 min 37 Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 12-14 20 min 38 Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 15-16 15 min 39 Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 17-20 23 min 40 Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 21-23 19 min 41 Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 24-26 23 min 42 Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 27-29 23 min 43 Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 30-32 23 min 44 Postscript 32 min
