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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Threads and flames Threads and flames Esther M. Friesner After recovering from typhus, thirteen-year-old Raisa leaves her Polish shtetl for America to join her older sister, and goes to work at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. OL15112170W
The rooftop adventure of Minnie and Tessa, factory fire survivors The rooftop adventure of Minnie and Tessa, factory fire survivors Holly Littlefield,Amanda Doering Tourville Two immigrant friends, Jewish Minnie and Catholic Tessa, work long hours at New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, and when a fire breaks out on March 25, 1911, trapping dozens of workers insid… OL15537876W
The Triangle factory fire The Triangle factory fire Victoria Sherrow Describes the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York, the conditions surrounding the disaster, and its effect on industrial safety after the event. OL15847269W