TY - SER
KW - Roman Catholics
KW - immigrants
KW - trade unions
KW - Lithuanian Americans
KW - Communist Party
KW - steel industry
AU - Phillip Bonosky
AB - A semi-autobiographical novel about Benedict Bulmanis, 15-year-old son of a Lithuanian steelworker, who feels a vocation to the Roman Catholic priesthood, yet he is torn by local politics as workers fight to organize and counter their mill's expansion.
C1 - 1920s-30s
C3 - Allegheny County; Duquesne; Pittsburgh
C4 - Literary; Labor; Coming-of-Age; Bildungsroman
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - A semi-autobiographical novel about Benedict Bulmanis, 15-year-old son of a Lithuanian steelworker, who feels a vocation to the Roman Catholic priesthood, yet he is torn by local politics as workers fight to organize and counter their mill's expansion.
PB - Masses & Mainstream
PP - New York
PY - 1953
RN - Phillip Bonosky (1916-2013) was born, raised, and worked in steel in Duquesne, Allegheny County before being blacklisted because of his Communist Party membership. He also belonged to the United Steelworkers.
EP - 288 p.
TI - Burning Valley
ER -