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 only five years old. Includes historical notes.
year: 2007, 2011
call number/section: 1000, 920
subjects: immigrants, juvenile fiction, factories, labor disputes, strikes and lockouts, fiction, new york (n.y.), history, 1898-1951, fiction, triangle shirtwaist company, juvenile fiction, fiction, fire, 1911, strikes, historical fiction
Editions
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2007)
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 only five years old. Includes historical notes.
Schools: 49
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Simon & Schuster BFYR (2011)
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 only five years old. Includes historical notes.
Schools: 9
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
In 1927, 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.
Schools: 1