# Dedication explained — King Coal

> Chapter companion for King Coal by Upton Sinclair.

## What happens

The author dedicates the book to Mary Craig Kimbrough, crediting her persistent criticism of the manuscript for the absence of most of its faults.

## Key lines

> To Mary Craig Kimbrough To whose persistence in the perilous task of tearing her husband’s manuscript to pieces, the reader is indebted for the absence of most of the faults from this book.

The book is dedicated to Mary Craig Kimbrough, whose relentless efforts in critiquing and dismantling her husband's manuscript are responsible for the book's relative lack of flaws.

_This dedication acknowledges the editor's role in improving the work._

## Links

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