The Transgressors. Story of a Great Sin. A Political Novel of the Twentieth Century

"The Transgressors: Story of a Great Sin" by Francis A. Adams is a political novel that paints a picture of the hard lives of coal miners in Pennsylvania at the start of the 1900s. The story is centered in Wilkes-Barre, where there's a huge gap between the rich coal company owners and the poor miners. You'll read about characters like Carl Metz and Harvey Trueman, and their battles as a big fight starts to bubble up, showing the unfair treatment, moral questions, and the push for fairness. The book kicks off by laying out Wilkes-Barre and how much it depends on the coal business; it shows the tough conditions the miners face working for companies that don't treat them well, setting the stage for a clash between the miners and the companies, especially with mines about to close. Through key talks between Metz, who believes in going on strike, and Trueman, a lawyer stuck between right and wrong, the story builds a feeling of something big about to happen, pulling readers into a tense world of miners fighting against unfair systems.