About this title: Historian David Von Drehle revisits the March 25, 1911, Triangle shirtwaist fire in New York City, in which 146 workers who were locked in a sweatshop were killed. The public was horrified, and the event became a force for significant change in labor laws and caused a realignment in NYC politics. The author examines the event and its aftermath, ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Very faint stain to the tip of the last 20 pages, faint spine crease, else an over all good clean sound reading copy. Glued binding. 340 p. Audience: General/trade. Advance Reading Copy does NOT contain 8 page Black & White Photo insert read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover; First Printing
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780871138743ISBN:0871138743
Description: Good+ with no dust jacket. 0871138743. 1.1 x 8.9 x 6.1 Inches; 340 pages; Soft Cover Paperback, No Dust Jacket, Shows Little Wear. read more
Description: Good/none issued. -Clean and tight, no creases in the cover or the spine, appears gently read, underlining on less than 20% of pages. Sent quickly. Buy with confidence! read more
Description: New in new dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 340 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 2003-08-01
ISBN-13:9780871138743ISBN:0871138743
Description: Good. HARDCOVER. Good Condition. Binding tight, pages clean. Blunting at tail of spine. Dust Jacket has some wear and tear at edges, especially tail of spine, which is chewed with a closed-tear. Solid reading copy! read more
Edition: Large Print edition
Binding: hardcover pictorial
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780786261383ISBN:0786261382
Description: Good 663 pages. Former public library copy with library stamps/stickers. Tight binding. Several pages have cornercreasing. Large Print; Unabridged; read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780871138743ISBN:0871138743
Description: Very Good/Very Good. 0871138743 Light narrow crimp at spine end in like jacket. 340pp. Notes. Notes on Sources. Selected Bibliography. Index. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780871138743ISBN:0871138743
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First printing. On March 25, 1911, as workers were getting ready to leave for the day, a fire broke out in the Triangle shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich village. Black and white photo illustrations. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780871138743ISBN:0871138743
Description: Photo Illustrated. Very Good+/Nearfine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0871138743 Nice clean with two ink marks in the introduction section, otherwise unmarked in like new dustjacket. read more
"Extremely well researched and written "Triangle" is the story of the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factor that killed 146 workers, most of them young women. David von Drehle not only writes about the fire, but the events leading up to the fire, including a prolonged strike by garment workers in 1909. The conditions the workers had to deal with are also described as well as the incredibly long work week (100 hours) for low wages which the owners tried to make even lower whenever they could. Von Drehle describes in great detail the fire, the workers attempts to escape the fire and the efforts of people both inside and outside the factory that struggled to save the victims. He also describes the aftermath of the fire and covers the owner's trial and whether or not they were convicted on any charges. Finally, he includes the first complete list of the fire victims and how they died.
I've wanted to learn more about the Triangle factory fire since I saw a TV movie about it in the late `70's. This book was very informative. The history parts were interesting and helped set the picture of what life was like at the time of the fire. The parts about the fire were hard to read at times not only because of the depictions of the victims dying but the memories it arose of September 11th as some victims were forced to jump from the ninth floor windows to escape the flames. The aftermath of the fire was also interesting, including what happened at the trial of the two owners of the Triangle. The list of the names of most of the victims (six were never identified) was compelling and makes readers realize the victims were mostly young women with the rest of their lives ahead of them. The list of victims is a perfect example of how well researched the entire book is - their names (and the various names misreported in the papers), ages, how they died, and who identified the bodies is listed.
Because of the subject matter, "Triangle" is at times a difficult read, but well worth it."
"Really enjoyed this historical account of the infamous NYC garment shop fire. What a sad story it was but is definitely one of those books we should all read so that history doesn't repeat itself. von Drehle is actually a wonderful story-teller."
"First read Michael Leccese's great review. Then go to Washington Square in NYC where the building still stands where sweatshop workers mostly young immigrant woman jumped to their deaths, sometmes holding hands with other workers to escape the flames. It is so eerily like the World Trade center in that regard. The doors to the factory had been nailed shut to prevent workers from taking breaks. The building codes were flimsy and unenforced. the owners were greed and sickenly escaped all liability in subsequent liability trials.
This fire was a catalyst to the ILGWU and was a rallying cry for reformers including Frances Perkins, a young social worker who would work tirelessly for new factory laws and would become the conscience of the New Deal, as the frst Secretary of the Labor. Francs was there that day and watched the firefighters helpless to extinquish he fire with nets that could not stop the falls and the death of the girls who jumped and jumped. If any really thinks that this could not happen today or that regulation is not necessary or that unions are antiquated, needed then but not now, you are a far kinder judge of human nature and our unending capacity to exploit others and to assume terrible risks in the pursuit of profits."
"I really cannot say enough about this book. It was required reading for the US History course I am taking and otherwise would probably never have picked it up. I am so thankful to my instructor for this requirement. It moved me in ways that are indescribable. Von Drehle does an extraordinary job of describing in detail the fire that took 146 lives needlessly.
I was worried about the detail but found that while it was very truthful it was not gratuitous. I found myself, while sitting at Starbucks, with tears running down my face at the senselessness of this tragedy and questioning again, as I have many times before, how we humans can treat each other with such disregard.
It was unbelievably moving and made me question many of the beliefs that I hold regarding early American times, as well as early American politics."
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