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Author:

Haddix, Margaret Peterson.

Title:

Uprising / [by] Margaret Peterson Haddix.

Publisher:

Scholastic,

Copyright Date:

2009,c2007

Description:

346 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Juvenile fiction.
Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fire, 1911--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants--Juvenile fiction.
Factories--Juvenile fiction.
Strikes and lockouts--Juvenile fiction.
Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fiction.
Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fire, 1911--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Factories--Fiction.
Strikes and lockouts--Fiction.
Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fiction.
Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fire, 1911--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Factories--Fiction.
Strikes--Fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

In 1927, at the urging of 21-year-old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, including the miserable working conditions that led to a strike, then the fire that took the lives of her two best friends. Includes historical notes.

ISBN:

0545233577 (pbk.)
9780545233576 (pbk.)

Locations:

LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)