Out of this furnace
Slovaks Steel industry and trade Braddock (Pa.) Fiction History
University of Pittsburgh Press
1976
EISBN 9780822978862
Out of This Furnace; Author's Note; Part One, Kracha; Part Two, Mike Dobrejcak; Part Three, Mary; Part Four, Dobie; Afterword; Acknowledgments.
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.
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.
