The Big Money

TitleThe Big Money
Year of Publication1936
Publication TypeNovel
Series TitleUSA trilogy, 3/3
Number of Pages or Episodes561 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsPassos, John Dos
PublisherHarcourt, Brace, and Company
CityNew York
Keywordsjournalists; labor organizers; librarians; Polish Americans; social workers; steel industry; trade unions
Abstract

Follows multiple characters to paint the American landscape of the early 20th century. Mary French, a major character, is a journalist who gets involved in labor organizing during Pittsburgh's post-World War I decade.

Notes

Carnegie Mellon University is referred to as Carnegie Technical Institute, as it was then known.

Author Biography

John Dos Passos (1896-1970), born in Chicago and a graduate of Harvard, was a American novelist. He died in Baltimore.

Time

1920s