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The Cold Millions
Jess Walter
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Description for The Cold Millions
Paperback.
'A beautiful, lyric hymn to the power of social unrest in American history. Jess Walter is a national treasure' Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See
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It is 1909 in Spokane, Washington. The Dolan brothers are living by their wits, jumping freight trains and lining up for work at crooked job agencies. While sixteen-year-old Rye yearns for a steady job and a home, his dashing older brother Gig dreams of a better world, fighting alongside other union men for fair pay and decent treatment. When Rye finds himself drawn to suffragette Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, her ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241374580
SKU
9780241374580
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About Jess Walter
Jess Walter is the author of six novels, including The Financial Lives of the Poets and The Cold Millions. Beautiful Ruins was a New York Times bestseller, and We Live in Water was one of Barack Obama's books of 2019. Jess Walter lives in Spokane, Washington with his family.
Reviews for The Cold Millions
A riotous, propulsive adventure story, packed with captivating characters
Daily Mail
A brilliantly multifaceted panorama of early 20th-century America . . . Walter is a writer whose work deserves a wide readership
Sunday Times
A beautiful, lyric hymn to the power of social unrest in American history. It's funny and harrowing, sweet and violent, innocent and ... Read more
Daily Mail
A brilliantly multifaceted panorama of early 20th-century America . . . Walter is a writer whose work deserves a wide readership
Sunday Times
A beautiful, lyric hymn to the power of social unrest in American history. It's funny and harrowing, sweet and violent, innocent and ... Read more