TY - SER KW - Roman Catholics KW - American Civil War KW - Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) KW - immigrants KW - Irish Americans KW - housekeepers KW - Scottish Americans KW - "Aurora Leigh" (1856) AU - Marie Benedict AB - Clara Kelley emigrates from her impoverished village in Galway to Pittsburgh, where she is mistaken for a Protestant with experience serving wealthy Dublin families, and offered a position as a ladies' maid in the Carnegie household. As Andrew Carnegie's stock rises, he takes an interest in Clara, and she must decide whether to risk her position, which she would likely lose if a romance were to sour. C1 - 1863-1900 C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Homewood; Downtown; Pennsylvania Railroad Union Depot and Hotel; Union Station; North Side; Point Breeze; Strip District; St. Patrick Church C4 - Immigrant; Women's; Historical; Literary; Biographical CY - Naperville, IL LA - English M3 - Novel N1 - Marie Benedict is a pseudonym of Heather Benedict Terrell (1968- ).
North Side is referred to as Allegheny City, as it was then known. N2 - Clara Kelley emigrates from her impoverished village in Galway to Pittsburgh, where she is mistaken for a Protestant with experience serving wealthy Dublin families, and offered a position as a ladies' maid in the Carnegie household. As Andrew Carnegie's stock rises, he takes an interest in Clara, and she must decide whether to risk her position, which she would likely lose if a romance were to sour. PB - Sourcebooks Landmark PP - Naperville, IL PY - 2018 RN - Heather Benedict Terrell (1968- ), born in Pittsburgh and educated at Boston College and the Boston University School of Law, is an attorney and author. EP - 281 p. TI - Carnegie's Maid ER -