The Transgressors: Story of a Great Sin: A Political Novel of the Twentieth Century

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Uncommon anti-trust tract set among coal miners and mine-owners in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

Francis A. Adams, (1874-1975).
The Transgressors. Story of a Great Sin: a Political Novel of the Twentieth Century.
Philadelphia: Independence Publishing Co., 1900.

Lehigh University Catalog Record: https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/1343182

A version of this text has been digitized and is available through Hathitrust.

If you're interested in learning more about the historical events that inspired this novel, please refer to the links below:

"History of Wilkes-Barre" by Tony Brooks, from The City of Wilkes-Barre.

"History of the Anthracite Region" by Bill Hastie, Huber Breaker Preservation Society, 2023.

"Coal Mining in Pennsylvania: PA Mining History" by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 2023.

"Anthracite Coal Mining Region of Northeastern Pennsylvania" guide, from the Penn State University Libraries, 2022.

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