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Triangle

The Fire That Changed America

by David Von Drehle
Barrett Whitener
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“Outstanding… social history at its best.” –The New York Times Book Review
“An amazing, long-forgotten tale. A riveting history written with flair and precision.”—Bob Woodward
In one of the most honored books of the year, David Von Drehle transports us to a beautiful spring day in March 1911 when 146 workers—most of them young immigrant women—lost their lives. Employees had just begun preparing to leave the Triangle shirtwaist factory in New York’s Greenwich Village when a fire broke out and within minutes consumed the building’s upper three stories.It was the worst workplace disaster in New York City history until 9/11.
 
“Animated by vigorous, descriptive prose, Triangle carries the reader deep into a portrait of early-twentieth-century New York . . . when colorful machine politicians battled socialists, suffragists and upright progressive reformers for the soul of an increasingly immigrant city.” —Chicago Tribune
 
“Von Drehle’s spellbinding and detailed reconstruction of the disaster is complemented by an equally gripping account of the factory owners’ subsequent manslaughter trial (they got off scot-free), drawing on court records he helped unearth.” —The New York Times

“Behind the fire lay the extraordinary history of sweatshop labor and the fledgling beginnings of union organizing. The heart of Von Drehle’s book is its detailed, nuanced, mesmerizing description of the fire. The descriptions . . .leave a reader staring into space.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review

Praise for David Von Drehle's Triangle:
New York Times Extended List Best Seller • New York Times Book Review Notable Book •Washington Post Book World Rave of the Year • New York Public Library Book of the Year • New York Society Library Book of the Year • Fresh Air Critic’s Top Book of 2003 • Hadassah Top Ten Jewish Best Seller • ALA Notable Book of the Year • Winner of the 2004 Christopher Award • Winner of the 2004 Sidney Hillman Foundation Award •Amazon Top 50 Books of the Year • San Jose Mercury News Best Book • Rocky Mountain News Best Book • Providence Journal Critic’s Choice
Cover design by Marcia Salo and Charles Rue Woods
Cover photograph courtesy of Culver Pictures
Photo imaging by Michael Tedesco
Grove Press books are distributed by Publishers Group West
Reading Group Guide available online at www.groveatlantic.com
PRINTED IN THE USA 0904

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  • Release date

    June 21, 2011

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      • ISBN: 9780307970114
      • File size: 313978 KB
      • Duration: 10:54:07

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The 1911 fire was terrible, killing 146 people, but there's much more to the story. The author covers, and Barrett Whitener delivers, a history of the Garment Workers' Union, the cutthroat clothing industry, the waves of immigrants who assured the factory owners a constant supply of cheap labor, and the politicians who either supported or ignored the women who pleaded with them for shorter hours and better conditions. With gravity and sympathy, Whitener brings back to life the victims and activists, as well as the tenements and factory conditions that made the tragedy inevitable. Despite the length and reportorial nature of the text, a steady pace and faultless diction carry the listener to the end. J.B.G. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine

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