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Uprising: Three Young Women Caught in the Fire That Changed America [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
by Haddix, Margaret Peterson
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1416911715
- ISBN 13
- 9781416911715
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About This Item
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by author on title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket has rubbing, mild edgewear, and a bumped corner. Book has bumped corners. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 346 p. Audience: Children/juvenile; Young adult. A story of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in 1915 that was instrumental to the union movement. 'Autographed Copy' sticker. By the International Reading Association Children's Book Award-and National Kids Award-winning author of the Shadow Children series and The Missing novels. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
Synopsis
The fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers, is one of the worst disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and the disaster, which brought attention to the labor movement in America, is part of the curriculum in classrooms throughout the country. Told from alternating points of view, this historical novel draws upon the experiences of three very different young women: Bella, who has just emigrated from Italy and doesn't speak a word of English; Yetta, a Russian immigrant and crusader for labor rights; and Jane, the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Bella and Yetta work together at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory under terrible conditions--their pay is docked for even the slightest mistake, the bosses turn the clocks back so closing time is delayed, and they are locked into the factory all day, only to be frisked before they leave at night to make sure they haven't stolen any shirtwaists. When the situation worsens, Yetta leads the factory's effort to strike, and she meets Jane on the picket line. Jane, who feels trapped by the limits of her own sheltered existence, joins a group of high-society women who have taken an interest in the strike as a way of supporting women's suffrage. Through a series of twists and turns, the three girls become fast friends--and all of them are in the Triangle Shirtwast Factory on March 25, 1911, the day of the fateful fire. In a novel that puts a human face on the tragedy, Margaret Peterson Haddix has created a sweeping, forceful tale that will have readers guessing until the last page who--if anyone--survives.
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- Title
- Uprising: Three Young Women Caught in the Fire That Changed America [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
- Author
- Haddix, Margaret Peterson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1416911715
- ISBN 13
- 9781416911715
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 352
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