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Out of This Furnace
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Out of This Furnace Paperback - 1976

by Bell, Thomas

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University of Pittsburgh Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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  • Title Out of This Furnace
  • Author Bell, Thomas
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 424
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 1976-06-30
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4190362-6
  • ISBN 9780822952732 / 0822952734
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.12 x 5.6 x 0.88 in (20.62 x 14.22 x 2.24 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
  • Library of Congress subjects Autobiographical fiction, Pennsylvania
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 76006657
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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From the publisher

Out of This Furnace is Thomas Bell's most compelling achievement. Its story of three generations of an immigrant Slovak family -- the Dobrejcaks -- still stands as a fresh and extraordinary accomplishment. The novel begins in the mid-1880s with the naive blundering career of Djuro Kracha. It tracks his arrival from the old country as he walked from New York to White Haven, his later migration to the steel mills of Braddock, Pennsylvania, and his eventual downfall through foolish financial speculations and an extramarital affair. The second generation is represented by Kracha's daughter, Mary, who married Mike Dobrejcak, a steel worker. Their decent lives, made desperate by the inhuman working conditions of the mills, were held together by the warm bonds of their family life, and Mike's political idealism set an example for the children. Dobie Dobrejcak, the third generation, came of age in the 1920s determined not to be sacrificed to the mills. His involvement in the successful unionization of the steel industry climaxed a half-century struggle to establish economic justice for the workers. Out of This Furnace is a document of ethnic heritage and of a violent and cruel period in our history, but it is also a superb story. The writing is strong and forthright, and the novel builds constantly to its triumphantly human conclusion.

From the rear cover

The novel begins in the mid-1880s with the naive blundering career of Djuro Kracha. It tracks his arrival from the old country as he walked from New York to White Haven, his later migration to the steel mills of Braddock, and his eventual downfall through foolish financial speculations and an extramarital affair.

About the author

Thomas Bell grew up in the steel-mill town of Braddock, Pennsylvania, enduring the hardships that faced his Slovak family and learning the agonies of life dominated by the mill. He wanted desperately to be a writer. Although he had little formal education, over the years he developed a self-taught style of simple vigor and extraordinary clarity. Eventually he published six novels and won national acclaim.

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