Poisonville by Chas LiBretto

Butte, 1917: The worst mining disaster in American history sparks a massive strike on the nation's biggest copper mines, months after it has entered the First World War. Frank Little, an organizer for the radical Industrial Workers of the World, comes to town to help the strikers. But Butte's a place where everyone's got a motive. And not everyone's who they seem...
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Poisonville

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  • Andy Boyd:
    15 May. 2023
    “ A wonderful Western noir that’s as sharp and cynical as a Dashiell Hammet original — but leavened with a welcome dash (pun unintended but unavoided) of revolutionary optimism. Read it and weep, then organize. ”
  • Cheryl Bear:
    6 Mar. 2021
    “ A fascinating history behind the fight against exploitation and a safer existence for the humans working for the mining industry. No easy answers to solving the epidemic of blind greed. ”

Actor 1 - Henry Brennan
Actor 2 - Frank Little
Actor 3 - Ragnar Johanson, Mickey
Actor 4 - Madge
Actor 5 - Tom, Agent Bryn, Lou
Actor 6 - Morrisey, Ole Erickson, Ralph

Development History

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