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Out of this furnace by thomas bell 1976, paperback, reprint. This follows three generations of slovak steel workers in the pittsburgh area from 1880 to the late 1930s. No other way to healthily free myself from what i was feeling, and no other book that would tell me what i should be doing. The title of this book is the anthracite coal regions slavic community images of america and it was written by brian ardan. The perks of being a wallflower, little fires everywhere, the memory keepers daughter, me and earl and th. This is a book from the images of america series from arcadia publishers through photos and commentary it celebrates the lives of slovak immigrants in pittsburgh and western pa.
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