Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its LegacyBy Albert Marrin
Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. 182 pgs. Young Adult Nonfiction
The subtitle might lead a reader to suppose that this book is all about the Triangle Fire and the aftermath of that horrible event, but this is misleading. Marrin spends the first half of the book documenting the reasons behind immigration in the early 1900s and the life immigrants had once they arrived in America. He describes the tenements, the areas in New York City they settled in, the jobs immigrants were able to find, and the unions that grew because of the way immigrant workers were treated. Marrin then details the Triangle Fire, what occurred during it, and the aftermath, including how it led to the creation of labor laws. This book, designed for younger readers, contains great information about the immigrant experience and explains it in a way that is clear and easy to understand.
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