The Grapple: A Story of the Illinois Coal Region is a novel written by Grace Macgowan Cooke and published in 1905. The book is set in the early 1900s in the coal mining region of Illinois and follows the story of a young woman named Judith Sherwin. Judith is the daughter of a wealthy coal mine owner, and she becomes involved in the struggles of the coal miners and their families as they fight for better working conditions and fair treatment from the...