TITLE: |
Uprising / Margaret Peterson Haddix. |
AUTHOR: |
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. |
PUBLISHED: |
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2007. |
DESCRIPTION: |
346 p. ; 22 cm. |
EDITION: |
1st ed. |
NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
NOTES: |
Interest age level: 12 and up. |
NOTES: |
In 1927, at the urging of twenty-one-year-old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, including miserable working conditions that led to a strike, then the fire that took the lives of her two best friends, when Harriet, the boss's daughter, was onl |
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Publisher description
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SUBJECT: |
y five years old. Includes historical notes.--Triangle Shirtwaist Company |
SUBJECT: |
Juvenile fiction.--Immigrants |
SUBJECT: |
Juvenile fiction.--Factories |
SUBJECT: |
Juvenile fiction.--Labor disputes |
SUBJECT: |
Juvenile fiction.--Strikes and lockouts |
SUBJECT: |
Juvenile fiction.--Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fire, 1911 |
SUBJECT: |
Juvenile fiction.--New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951 |
SUBJECT: |
Juvenile fiction.--Triangle Shirtwaist Company |
SUBJECT: |
Fiction.--Immigrants |
SUBJECT: |
Fiction.--Factories |
SUBJECT: |
Fiction.--Labor disputes |
SUBJECT: |
Fiction.--Strikes and lockouts |
SUBJECT: |
Fiction.--Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fire, 1911 |
SUBJECT: |
Fiction.--New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951 |