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The Fire That Changed America

by Dave Von Drehle (Author) (edit contributors)

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On a beautiful spring day, March 25, 1911, workers were preparing to leave the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village when a fire started. Within minutes it consumed the building's upper three stories. Firemen who arrived at the scene were unable to rescue those trapped... read more

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Burglary was the usual occupation of Lawrence Ferrone, also known as Charles Rose.

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Prologue: Misery Lane
1. Spirit of the Age
2. The Triangle
3. Uprising
4. The Golden Land
5. Inferno
6. Three Minutes
7. Fallout
8.Reform
9. Trial
Epilogue
Appendix
Notes
Notes on Sources
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

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  1. Dave Von Drehle (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0871138743
Page Count: 352

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  • Library of Congress: F128.5 .V688 2003
  • Dewey: 973

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Reading Level: Young Adults

Fine for teens or adults.

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