Signed by Author Signed by Author Signed by Author No creases in spine, no slant, light edge and shelf wear, bump to top tip from back, tiny stain top edge, clean tight and unmarked copy, no age toning, 310 pages, signed on half-title page by author, set around 1900 in Colorado mines, stated first edition later printing.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Death of Spring

Publisher

Ashley Books

Publication Date

1984

Language

English

ISBN 10

0879492015

ISBN 13

9780879492014

Binding

Trade Paperback

Condition

Good++

Signed

Signed by Author

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Fiction

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Synopsis

"In 1913, the Southern Colorado coal fields exploded into a war between the newly organized United Mine Workers of America and the Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel and Iron. The company's history had been marked by violent deaths in mine explosions and infant mortalities from disease caused by squalid conditions in the company-owned camps.

The Death of Spring tells the story of Vincenzo, an Italian immigrant, who searched for the American dream only to find the harsh realities of life in the coal camps."

About the Author

Silvio Caputo was born and raised in Trinidad, Colorado and received his B.A. degree from Adams State College where he graduated Cum Laude in 1973 with majors in History and Political Science. He received his M.A. degree in English in 1976. He has taught

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