Flesh & Blood So Cheap

The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy

By Marrin, Albert

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ISBN
978-0-37586-889-4
Publisher
Knopf Bks.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on August 18, 2011

In 1911, 146 garment workers died in what was New York's deadliest disaster until the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001. While Marrin's narrative leads with the history of labor and immigration in America-d...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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In 1911, 146 garment workers died in what was New York's deadliest disaster until the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001. While Marrin's narrative leads with the history of labor and immigration in America-d...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

School Library Journal

Starred Review on May 1, 2011

Gr 6 Up—One hundered years ago, a fire broke out in a garment factory in New York City that took the lives of 146 workers, primarily poor Jewish and Italian immigrants. It had an enormous impact on workplace conditions that reverberates even today. This comprehensive volume focuses not only on the day of the fire itself, but also on the individuals, events, and circumstances that led to the disaster and created the condition...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2011

Marrin details the social, political, and economic forces surrounding the catastrophic Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911. The book isn'...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Junior Library Guild

Reviewed on May 1, 2011

Readers will be engrossed in this story that involves immigrants, uprisings, disasters, even gangsters. A thorough and informative read. Albert Marrin co...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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