Lucy fights the flames : a Triangle Shirtwaist Factory survival story (Girls survive)
by Gilbert, Julie, 1976- (Author)
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Summary
It is 1911, and fourteen-year-old Lucia (Lucy) Morelli dreams of going to college, but for the present she lives with her large Italian family in a crowded apartment in New York City, and works as a sewing machine operator in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory bringing home money because her father can... Full description
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It is 1911, and fourteen-year-old Lucia (Lucy) Morelli dreams of going to college, but for the present she lives with her large Italian family in a crowded apartment in New York City, and works as a sewing machine operator in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory bringing home money because her father can no longer work--but this is March twenty-fifth, and Lucy will soon be fighting for her life as fire sweeps through the locked down factory trapping the workers inside. |
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Physical Description: |
103 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
ISBN: |
9781496584489 1496584481 9781496583864 1496583868 |