Triangle

Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehle

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
A fine book. If you find any of the following topics interesting, then this book is for you: American political history; New York City politics; New York state politics; the rise of Al Smith; the rise of FDR; the creation of the modern Democratic Party; the rise of bigger government; social movements; immigrant politics; and suffrage for women. One need not be happy with all of those topics, but the Triangle fire in NYC in 1911 was an important event in the changing relationship between the government (at all levels) and the people. A tale of a tragic event that was well told too.


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