Bibliograph

Thunder on the mountain, [a novel of 1936], David Poyer

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Thunder on the mountain, [a novel of 1936], David Poyer

Language

eng

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libretto or text

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

Thunder on the mountain

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electronic resource

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Oclc number

71320532

Responsibility statement

David Poyer

Sub title

[a novel of 1936]

Summary

In Thunder on the mountain, David Poyer revisits the terrible winter of 1936 when a strike to organize workers in the Thunder Oil Company is called after a refinery disaster exposes the company's contempt for workers' safety. W.T. "Kid Nitro" Halvorsen, a young boxer and well shooter, becomes a leader of the strike against Daniel Thunner's beloved family company. The strike draws national attention, which increases with the arrival of ruthless strikebreaker Pearl Deatherage and of determined CIO organizer Doris Gurley Golden. As the unrest spreads in scale and fury, Halvorsen and Thunner must put their ideas of honor and morality to the test. In a high-stakes game of one-upmanship and violence, who will prove himself kin of the mountain? Packed with insight, vivid characters, and a burning concern for justice, Thunder on the mountain is a tough, penetrating, violent novel in the tradition of Jack London, John Steinbeck, and E.L. Doctorow

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