| Abstract |
In a novel about casual and heedless acts that often lead to unthinkable results, Mary Lee Settle traces the fall of a West Virginia town that was first made rich by coal, then corrupted and destroyed by it. Set in 1912, the story propels readers with astonishing immediacy to a fateful day in a coal miners' strike in which relatives of the Beulah dynasty, only dimly aware of their blood ties, confront one another on opposing sides of the dispute. Emotions escalate to a frenzy of violence as Mother Jones, leader of the striking miners, calls for action in a community devastated by Southern resignation and by guilt associated with selling out to Eastern investors. |
| Local note | Inscribed on title page "For Stuart Wright ... Mary Lee [Settle]." Includes dust jacket. Laid in are two handwrittten letters from Settle to Wright (1980). Stuart Wright Book Collection #165.27. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, Mary Lee Settle Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Wright Coll. copy Purchased from Stuart Wright, 2012 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Settle, Mary Lee. Scapegoat. 1st ed. New York : Random House, ©1980 |
| Genre/form | Domestic fiction. |
| Genre/form | Domestic fiction. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
| LCCN | 80005266 |
| ISBN | 0394504771 |
| ISBN | 9780394504773 |
