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Copyright © 2019 by Mary Doria Russell
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Russell, Mary Doria, 1950– author.
Title: The women of the copper country / a novel by Mary Doria Russell.
Description: First Atria Books hardcover edition. | New York : Atria Books, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018051007 | ISBN 9781982109585 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781982109592 (paperback) | ISBN 9781982109608 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Clemenc, Ana K., 1888–1956—Fiction. | Copper Miners’ Strike, Mich., 1913–1914—Fiction. | Women labor leaders—Michigan—Fiction. | Labor movement—Michigan—History—20th century—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Historical. | FICTION / Contemporary Women. | FICTION / Biographical. | GSAFD: Historical fiction. | Biographical fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3568.U76678 W66 2019 | DDC 813/.54—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018051007
ISBN 978-1-9821-0958-5
ISBN 978-1-9821-0960-8 (ebook)