Death at Pullman /

Death at Pullman /

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Author / Creator:	McNamara, Frances.
Imprint:	[Chicago] : Allium Press of Chicago, [2011]
Description:	250 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Emily Cabot mysteries McNamara, Frances. Emily Cabot mysteries.
Subject:	Pullman Strike (1894) Pullman Strike, 1894 -- Fiction. Strikes and lockouts -- Railroads -- Fiction. Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction. Murder -- Investigation. Strikes and lockouts -- Railroads. Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction. Illinois -- Chicago. Detective and mystery fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8349698

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ISBN:	9780984067695 (pbk.) 0984067698 (pbk.)
Summary:	"George Pullman created an ideal community for his railroad car workers, complete with every amenity they could want or need. But when hard economic times hit in 1894, lay-offs follow and the workers can no longer pay their rent or buy food at the company store. Starving and desperate, they turn against their once benevolent employer. Emily Cabot and her friend Dr. Stephen Chapman bring much needed food and medical supplies to the town, hoping they can meet the immediate needs of the workers and keep them from resorting to violence. But when one young worker--suspected of being a spy--is murdered, and a bomb plot comes to light, Emily must race to discover the truth behind a tangled web of family and company alliances."--Cover p. [4].

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Summary:	A model town at war with itself . . . George Pullman created an ideal community for his railroad car workers, complete with every amenity they could want or need. But when hard economic times hit in 1894, lay-offs follow and the workers can no longer pay their rent or buy food at the company store. Starving and desperate, they turn against their once benevolent employer. Emily Cabot and her friend Dr. Stephen Chapman bring much needed food and medical supplies to the town, hoping they can meet the immediate needs of the workers and keep them from resorting to violence. But when one young worker-suspected of being a spy-is murdered, and a bomb plot comes to light, Emily must race to discover the truth behind a tangled web of family and company alliances.
Physical Description:	250 pages : map ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	9780984067695 0984067698