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Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell (Paperback, Reprint)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780822952732
- Book Title
- Out of this Furnace
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Publication Year
- 1976
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- General, Historical
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Item Weight
- 15.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 424 Pages
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Product Information
Out of This Furnace is Thomas Bell's most compelling achievement. Its story of three generations of an immigrant Slovak family -- the Dobrejcaks -- still stands as a fresh and extraordinary accomplishment. The novel begins in the mid-1880s with the naive blundering career of Djuro Kracha. It tracks his arrival from the old country as he walked from New York to White Haven, his later migration to the steel mills of Braddock, Pennsylvania, and his eventual downfall through foolish financial speculations and an extramarital affair. The second generation is represented by Kracha's daughter, Mary, who married Mike Dobrejcak, a steel worker. Their decent lives, made desperate by the inhuman working conditions of the mills, were held together by the warm bonds of their family life, and Mike's political idealism set an example for the children. Dobie Dobrejcak, the third generation, came of age in the 1920s determined not to be sacrificed to the mills. His involvement in the successful unionization of the steel industry climaxed a half-century struggle to establish economic justice for the workers. Out of This Furnace is a document of ethnic heritage and of a violent and cruel period in our history, but it is also a superb story. The writing is strong and forthright, and the novel builds constantly to its triumphantly human conclusion.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-10
0822952734
ISBN-13
9780822952732
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1032480
Product Key Features
Book Title
Out of this Furnace
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
General, Historical
Publication Year
1976
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
424 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
15.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Grade from
Ninth Grade
Grade to
Twelfth Grade
Edition Description
Reprint
Reviews
"I use Out of This Furnace as a first reading in my American History course because it provides an overview of the period, introduces the idea of industrialization from a worker point of view, and provides insights into immigrant ethnic communities in twentieth-century America." -Lawrence Levine, George Mason University, "A wonderful book to use for a survey of American history." --Mary Frederickson, University of Alabama, "In a powerful novel that spans three generations of a Slovak family, Thomas Bell vividly tells the story of immigrants and their children who lived, toiled, and died in America's mill towns." --Journal of American Ethnic History, "A wonderful book to use for a survey of American history." -Mary Frederickson, University of Alabama, "I use Out of This Furnace as a first reading in my American History course because it provides an overview of the period, introduces the idea of industrialization from a worker point of view, and provides insights into immigrant ethnic communities in twentieth-century America." --Lawrence Levine, George Mason University, "In a powerful novel that spans three generations of a Slovak family, Thomas Bell vividly tells the story of immigrants and their children who lived, toiled, and died in America's mill towns." -Journal of American Ethnic History
Copyright Date
1976
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
76-006657
Dewey Decimal
823/.9/1
Dewey Edition
18
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