The Triangle Fire

Dramatically recreates the events surrounding the 1911 fire that devastated the Triangle Shirtwaist Company of New York, investigating the factors which caused the great loss of life and property

"Stein recreates the tragic events of the fire in all their dramatic intensity. His moving account is a work of dedication."―New York Times Book Review

"Stein suggests that the fire alerted the public to shocking working conditions all over the city and helped the unions organize the clothing industry, but his good taste keeps him from selling the reader any silver lining. A by-product of the careful research that has gone into this excellent narrative is an interesting sketch of the hard lives and times of working girls in the days when the business of America was business."―The New Yorker

"With commendable restraint, Stein uses newspapers, official documents, and the evidence of survivors to unfold a story made more harrowing by the unemotional simplicity of its narration."―Library Journal

"Leon Stein's gripping narrative of the Triangle tragedy is one of the classics of American history. As the grandson of a onetime Triangle seamstress, I salute the reissue of a book that anyone who cares about labor, past or present, should read."―Michael Kazin, Georgetown University