Gilded mountain : a novel / Kate Manning.
"Set in early 1900s Colorado, the unforgettable tale of a young woman who bravely faces the consequences of speaking out against injustice. In a voice spiked with sly humor, Sylvie Pelletier recounts leaving her family's snowbound mountain cabin to work in a manor house for the Padgetts, owners of the marble-mining company that employs her father and dominates the town. Sharp-eyed Sylvie is awed by the luxury around her; fascinated by her employer, the charming "Countess" Inge, and confused by the erratic affections of Jasper, the bookish heir to the family fortune. Her fairy-tale ideas of romance take a dark turn when she realizes the Padgetts' lofty philosophical talk is at odds with the unfair labor practices that have enriched them. Their servants, the Gradys, formerly enslaved people, have long known this to be true and are making plans to form a utopian community on the Colorado prairie. Outside the manor walls, the town of Moonstone is roiling with discontent. A handsome union organizer, along with labor leader Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, is stirring up the quarry workers. The editor of the local newspaper--a bold woman who takes Sylvie on as an apprentice--is publishing unflattering accounts of the Padgett Company. Sylvie navigates vastly different worlds and struggles to find her way amid conflicting loyalties. When the harsh winter brings tragedy, Sylvie must choose between silence and revenge. Drawn from true stories of Colorado history, Gilded Mountain is a tale of a bygone American West seized by robber barons and settled by immigrants, and is a story infused with longing--for self-expression and equality, freedom and adventure"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9798885785136
- Physical Description: 665 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large Print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2022
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General Note: | "Thorndike Press large print basic." "Published in 2023 by arrangement with Scribner, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc." --T.p. verso |
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Ellwood City Area Public Library | LT F Manning (Text)
Memorial:
Beverly J. McDevitt given by Lee Nelson.
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32102000900338 | ECAM Fiction Large-Print | Available | - |
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) | LP MAN (Text) | 91083856 | GFWM Main Room | Available | - |
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library | Adults MAN Large Print (Text)
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Plated 2023: In Memory of Beverly Ward Irish
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34007002486160 | Hormel Reading Room | Available | - |
Joseph & Elizabeth Shaw Public Library | LP FIC MANNING (Text) | 39636100450465 | Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
Williamsburg Public Library | LGPR FIC MAN (Text) | 110WIL0069067F | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
Wyomissing Public Library | LP MAN (Text) | 35012001575327 | Large Print | Available | - |
Allentown Public Library | MANNING, KATE (Text) | 34455006996207 | Large Print | Available | - |
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