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THE CRIPPLE CREEK STRIKE by EMMA F. LANGDON

A History of Industrial Wars in COLORADO 1903-4-5.  Being a Complete and Concise History of the Efforts of Organized Capital to Crush Unionism.  Copyrighted 1904-05

THE GREAT WESTERN PUBLISHING COMPANY, Denver, Colorado

Second edition.  [Note: 3 editions of this book were published, each one expanded from the previous.  The first edition was published in Victor, Cripple Creek Gold Mining District, Colorado.  The second edition was published in Denver, as was the expanded third edition.  The third edition was expanded to includ historical material on the Telluride, Colorado miners strike that occurred almost simultaneously with the Cripple Creek labor strike.  Collect all 3 editions for the full historical panorama!]

Locating an original second edition of this book with the folding “Is Colorado In

America,” desecrated American flag lithograph is exceedingly difficult.

Condition: book is in very good plus to near fine condition, complete with all illustrations and foldouts, including the exceedingly scarce lithograph, “Is Colorado In America”; endpapers at back of book have been replaced; spine very strong; pages clean, bright, fresh.

Book dimensions: 5-1/2 inches by 8 inches 463 pages, complete with all illustrations, including the exceedingly scarce, “IS COLORADO IN AMERICA,” lithograph.  Lithograph dimensions: 16-1/4 inches by 22-1/4 inches.  Lithograph condition: folded yet still in near fine condition with bright coloration and little, if no, toning “Desecrated Flag” published and distributed by the WESTERN FEDERATION OF MINERS.

Not only is the book significant to American labor history, but it is also important to for the history of Women in America, as Emma Langdon took the helm of the Victor Daily Record and continued to publish the pro-union newspaper after the entire printing staff was arrested by the Colorado State Militia, including her husband, Charles Langdon.

CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO

COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL