Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911 The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911 Gina DeAngelis Examines, using eyewitness accounts, the tragedy that killed 146 workers in a New York City garment factory. OL15045160W
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
Blythewood Blythewood Carol Goodman "After a summer locked away in a mental institution, seventeen-year-old orphan Ava Hall is sent to Blythewood, a finishing school for young ladies that is anything but ordinary"-- OL18153777W
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire Steven Otfinoski "Explains the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, including its chronology, causes, and lasting effects"-- OL23304475W
East Side Story (Stories of the States) East Side Story (Stories of the States) Bonnie Bader A young girl and her older sister, working in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, an early twentieth-century sweatshop on the Lower East Side of New York City, join a protest to try to improve the miser… OL2670093W
Fire! Fire! Barbara Diamond Goldin In 1911 Rosie becomes involved in the struggle for better working conditions in factories when fire rips through the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, where her older sister Freyda is employed. OL2928535W
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 Janell Broyles Describes the 1911 fire that destroyed New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and killed nearly one hundred and fifty workers, examining its causes and the reforms that came as a result of the t… OL5823903W
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire Michelle M. Houle Discusses the 1911 fire that killed 146 New York garment factory workers, the conditions that led up to it, and some of the legislation that came about to prevent the occurrence of similar disasters. OL5824167W
Ashes of roses Ashes of roses Mary Jane Auch in 1914, Rose Nolan and her family come to America from Ireland. After some of the family has to be sent back, the rest of her family moves in with her uncle and live there. The book is focused throu… OL82831W