Triangle

By the time she dies at age 106, Esther Gottesfeld, the last survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, has told the story of that day many times. But her own role remains mysterious: How did she survive? Are the gaps in her story just common mistakes, or has she concealed a secret over the years? As her granddaughter seeks the real story in the present day, a zealous feminist historian bears down on her with her own set of conclusions, and Esther’s voice vies with theirs to reveal the full meaning of the tragedy.

A brilliant chronicle of the event that stood for ninety years as New York’s most violent disaster, Triangle forces us to consider how we tell our stories, how we hear them, and how history is forged from unverifiable truths.

Author: Katharine Weber
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 05/15/2007
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780312426149
Language: English

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