{"product_id":"9780615461908","title":"Edge of the Triangle","description":"From KIRKIS REVIEW\u003cp\u003eThe Triangle Shirtwaist Fire anchors a generations-long family tragedy in this brooding historical melodrama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFleeing his violent, corrupt father-the first of the novel's string of brutal patriarchs-16-year-old Junior Millwood travels in steerage from Ireland to the teeming New York City of 1906, a journey that begins a lively immigrant bildungsroman. Right off the boat he's beaten and robbed, has his meager earnings skimmed by a sly foreman and gets entangled with tenement sirens. Fortunately, his love for Moira, the winsome lass he left behind, endures; soon he brings her over, marries her and secures her a job at his garment factory. Alas, the factory is the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Company, where a 1911 fire killed 146 workers. The disaster, grippingly depicted here, was worsened by blocked exits, faulty fire escapes and other code violations, and became a rallying cry for the labor movement. It also leaves Junior bereft and burdened with a shameful secret This first act of his saga is a vivid, well-researched recreation of working-class life in the early 20th century, supplemented with 14 pages of documentary endnotes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehttp:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/book-reviews\/dh-cook\/edge-of-the-triangle\/\u003cbr\u003e ** Nominated for 2011 Global eBook Award\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Novelist Duane Cook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009740882160,"sku":"9780615461908","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615461908_p0.jpg?v=1763597689","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615461908","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}