Two immigrant friends, Jewish Minnie and Catholic Tessa, work long hours at New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, and when a fire breaks out on March 25, 1911, trapping dozens of workers inside, they help one another to escape the flames. Includes facts about the factory, the fire, and its aftermath.
year: 2011
call number/section: 741.5, 1000, 974.7
subjects: littlefield, holly, 1963-, adaptations, friendship, fiction, catholics, united states, jews, historical fiction, comic books, strips, etc, new york (n.y.), history, 1898-1951, fiction