November in America
       Thanksgiving, Wobblies, Vampires, and the Coal Strike of 1927
       
       by Nicholas Bernhard
       
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                                For Mom and Dad
       
         O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
         Whose stern impassion'd stress
         A thoroughfare for freedom beat
         Across the wilderness!
         America! America! God mend thy ev'ry flaw,
         Confirm thy soul in self-control
         Thy liberty in law!
       
       Katherine Lee Bates, 1904
       
        IMAGES
       
 (IMG) Cover
       
       A cartoon depiction of an arching black cat, the symbol of the 
       Wobbly movement. The text reads NOVEMBER IN AMERICA, Thanksgiving, 
       Wobblies, Vampires, and the Coal Strike of 1927. A Novel. [by] 
       Nicholas Bernhard
       
 (IMG) Map of the Northern Coal Field
       
       A stylized map showing the Northern Coal Field of Colorado. The 
       general area is between Denver and Boulder in northern Colorado. 
       The map goes from Marshall Mesa in the west, to Lafayette in the 
       east, with arrows pointing to the towns of Frederick, Dacono, and 
       Firestone further northeast. The map shows the Industrial Mine in 
       Superior, the Acme Mine in Louisville, the Columbine Mine and camp 
       in Erie, and the Simpson Mine in Lafayette. Baseline Road, at 40 
       degrees north, cuts through the center of the map.
       
 (IMG) Map of the Southern Coal Fields
       
       A stylized map showing the Southern Coal Fields of Colorado. The 
       map covers Pueblo to the north, Trinidad to the south, near the 
       New Mexico border, the Wet Mountains and Sangre de Cristo 
       Mountains to the West, and the Great Plains to the east. It shows 
       the Ludlow tent colony north of Trinidad, the Hastings Mine north 
       of Trinidad and west of Aguilar, and Walsenburg north of Aguilar. 
       Pueblo is shown with the CF&I steel mill, the largest west of the 
       Mississippi River. The Arkansas River cuts through Pueblo headed 
       east.
       
       TABLE OF CONTENTS
       
 (TXT) Introduction to the Second Edition
 (TXT) Prologue: or, The Not-So-Long-Ago
 (TXT) October, 1927
 (TXT) Chapter One: The Morning Shift
 (TXT) Chapter Two: Your Local Wobbly
 (TXT) Chapter Three: Rudy the Mule
 (TXT) Chapter Four: Invasive, Foreign Parasites
 (TXT) Chapter Five: The Prohibition Task Force
 (TXT) Chapter Six: Lead, Kindly Light
 (TXT) Chapter Seven: The Girl in Flaming Red
 (TXT) Interlude: or, The Bigger Bloodsucker
 (TXT) Chapter Eight: They Won't Even Know It
 (TXT) Chapter Nine: Coffee and Donuts
 (TXT) Chapter Ten: Union Hall
 (TXT) Chapter Eleven: Dawn at the Columbine
 (TXT) Chapter Twelve: No Place That Far
 (TXT) Chapter Thirteen: Thanksgiving
 (TXT) Epilogue: or, What's Past is Prologue
       
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       Originally published in 2017.
       This new edition features a revised and updated text, with a new 
       introduction by the author.
       
       Illustrations by Mister V.
       
       Text and images (C) 2025 Nicholas Bernhard.
       Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0
       https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
       
       This is a work of fiction. Even when characters and incidents 
       share the names and circumstances of actual people and historic 
       events, this does not change the fictional nature of the work. In 
       all other respects, any resemblance to real-life people, places, 
       or events is entirely coincidental.
       
       The Black Cat logo on the cover is often credited to IWW member 
       and labor activist Ralph Chapin.
       
                                ABOUT THE AUTHOR
       
       i**Nicholas Bernhard** has has been published in the *Colorado 
       Sun*, *Yellow Scene* magazine, the *Saguache Crescent*, 
       i*Etcetera*, and *Tiny Frights*. His work has appeared on Software 
       Agents HQ. He edited the science fiction/fantasy anthology 
       i*Overscan: Stories From Beyond the Screen's Edge*, also published 
       by Nantucket Lit.
       
       Nicholas Bernhard lives in Colorado.
       
                             ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
       
       i**Mister V**'s graphic novel memoirs have covered doomed 
       relationships, the health care industry, medical marijuana, and 
       middle school. *Dozer Manifesto* is a historical novel in comic 
       book form, detailing the "Killdozer" rampage of Marvin Heemeyer. 
       His comic strip *Them There Hills* was published in *The Grand 
       Gazette*.
       
       His work may be found at <https://arborcides.com||arborcides.com>.
       
                                  CREDITS
       
       i*America the Beautiful* lyrics by Katherine Lee Bates, from her 
       poem *America: A Poem for July 4*, 1904.
       
       i*Where the Columbines Grow* lyrics by A.J. Flynn, 1915.
       
       i*Lead, Kindly Light* lyrics by John Henry Newman, from his poem 
       i*Pillar of Cloud*, 1833.
       
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