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Book SynopsisLeon Stein's gripping narrative of the Triangle tragedy is one of the classics of American history. As the grandson of a onetime Triangle seamstress, I salute the reissue of a book that anyone who cares about labor, past or present, should read.Michael Kazin, Georgetown University, author of The Populist Persuasion: An American History and other books
Praise for the 1962 edition
Stein recreates the tragic events of the fire in all their dramatic intensity. His moving account is a work of dedication.New York Times Book Review
With commendable restraint, Stein uses newspapers, official documents, and the evidence of survivors to unfold a story made more harrowing by the unemotional simplicity of its narration.Library Journal
Stein... suggests that the fire alerted the public to shocking working conditions all over the city and helped the unions organize the clothing industry, but his good taste keeps him from selling the reader any silver lining. A by-product of
Trade Review
Stein recreates the tragic events of the fire in all their dramatic intensity. His moving account is a work of dedication.
* New York Times Book Review *
Stein suggests that the fire alerted the public to shocking working conditions all over the city and helped the unions organize the clothing industry, but his good taste keeps him from selling the reader any silver lining. A by-product of the careful research that has gone into this excellent narrative is an interesting sketch of the hard lives and times of working girls in the days when the business of America was business.
* The New Yorker *
With commendable restraint, Stein uses newspapers, official documents, and the evidence of survivors to unfold a story made more harrowing by the unemotional simplicity of its narration.
* Library Journal *
Table of ContentsForeword to the Centennial Edition
By Michael HirschIntroduction to the 2001 Cornell Edition:
"Who Will Protect the Working Girl?"
By William GreiderPart I
1. Fire
2. Trap
3. Eighth
4. Tenth
5. Ninth
6. Escape
7. Night
8. Day
9. MorguePart II
10. Guilt
11. Help
12. Protest
13. Dirge
14. Shirtwaist
15. Protection
16. Justice
17. Phoenix
18. FirePostscript
IndexNew to the Centennial Edition: Triangle Fire Victims
Compiled by Michael Hirsch
This is the definitive list of the people who died in the Triangle Fire, and includes their likely age and address at the time of their death, sex, birth country, religion, and final resting place.
