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Author:

Manning, Kate, author.

Title:

Gilded mountain : a novel / Kate Manning.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, a Cengage Company,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

665 pages (large print) ; 22 cm

Subject:

Household employees--Fiction.
Social classes--Fiction.
Social justice--Fiction.
Colorado--History--20th century--Fiction.
Women household employees--Colorado--Fiction.
Quarries and quarrying--Colorado--Fiction.
Jones,--Mother,--1837-1930--Fiction.
Social conflict--Colorado--Fiction.
Large type books.
Large type books.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Large print books.
Novels.

Notes:

First published in 2022.

Summary:

"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.

Series:

Thorndike Press large print core

ISBN:

9798885785136

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1369497571

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

YLPC314 -- Cascade Public Library (Cascade)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

HHPC765 -- Laurens Public Library (Laurens)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)