David von Drehle
Triangle is a poignantly detailed account of the 1911 disaster that horrified the country and changed the course of twentieth-century politics and labor relations. On March 25, 1911, as workers were getting ready to leave for the day, a fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New Yorkâ€™s Greenwich Village. Within minutes it spread to consume the buildingâ€™s upper three stories. Firemen who arrived at the scene were unable to rescue those trapped inside: their ladders simply werenâ€™t tall enough. People on the street watched in horror as desperate workers jumped to their deaths. The final toll was 146 peopleâ€”123 of them women. It was the worst disaster in New York City history.
History,Nonfiction,North American Hi...,American History,New York,Historical,Politics,Labor,Literature,20th Century,Crime,True Crime,Womens
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America