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. |
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In 1927, at the urging of twenty-one-year-old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, includin |
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g miserable working conditions that led to a strike, then the fire that took the lives of her two best |
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friends, when Harriet, the boss's daughter, was only five years old. Includes historical notes. |
ELEC. ACCESS: |
Fiction.
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SUBJECT: |
Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Juvenile fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
Immigrants--Juvenile fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
Factories--Juvenile fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
Labor disputes--Juvenile fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
Strikes and lockouts--Juvenile fiction.--Triangle Shirtwaist Company |
SUBJECT: |
Fire, 1911--Juvenile fiction.--New York (N.Y.)--History |
SUBJECT: |
1898-1951--Juvenile fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
Immigrants--Fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
Factories--Fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
Labor disputes--Fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
Strikes and lockouts--Fiction.--Triangle Shirtwaist Company |
SUBJECT: |
Fire, 1911--Fiction.--New York (N.Y.)--History |
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