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Threads and flamesThreads and flames

Threads and flames

Esther M. Friesner

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After recovering from typhus, thirteen-year-old Raisa leaves her Polish shtetl for America to join her older sister, and goes to work at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory.

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OL Work ID
OL15112170W

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Immigrants in fictionJewsImmigrantsFire, 1911FictionJews in fictionTriangle Shirtwaist Company in fictionTriangle Shirtwaist CompanyHistorySickTriangle Shirtwaist Company Fire (1911) fast (OCoLC)fst01355168Juvenile fictionExploitationVoyages and travelsDespairShtetlsHistorical fictionLabor movement

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