# Patrick Burke — King Coal character guide

> Patrick Burke in King Coal by Upton Sinclair.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Burke

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

Mary Burke's father, a miner.

## In the story

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/king_coal_se/chapters/xiii)

Mary's father, seen lurching drunkenly home, causing Mary distress.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/king_coal_se/chapters/xix)

Mary's father, once a fighting man, is now broken by the system and powerless against Cotton's demands.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/king_coal_se/chapters/xxvi)

Patrick Burke survives the explosion because he came up for timbers; Hal finds him and hears his story.

### [The Torturing Suspense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/king_coal_se/chapters/xxx)

Lies within, having found oblivion at O'Callahan's.

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