Coal River
Miners
Child labor
Poor
Orphans
Fiction, historical
American literature
Fiction, historical, general
Fiction
"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 compa…
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