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Flesh & Blood So Cheap
The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
By Marrin, Albert
- ISBN
- 978-0-37586-889-4
- Publisher
- Knopf Bks.
REVIEWS
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
on onAugust 18, 2011 | Booksmack!
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
