Darkness Visible: A Novel of the 1892 Homestead Strike
| Year of Publication |
2012
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
508 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
Trilby Busch |
| Publisher |
Steelworks Press
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| City |
Minneapolis
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| Abstract |
Follows three protagonists through the Battle of Homestead: Emlyn Phillips is a Welsh immigrant laborer at Open Hearth #2 in Carnegie Steel's Homestead Works; William Oesterling is a physician and Civil War veteran in Homestead; and Karl Bernhard and his son George are German immigrants who eventually replace steelworkers.
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| Author Biography |
Trilby Busch (1943- ), a retired college professor and journalist, was born in Homestead, Allegheny County. Her great-grandfather died along with three others while restarting a union-sabotaged boiler after the strike which resulted in the Battle of Homestead. Her grandfather worked as a machinist at Machine Shop #2, organized mill baseball teams, and even became friendly with Honus Wagner in sandlot baseball leagues. These legends inspired her to research other local families and to shape a historical novel. She lives in Minneapolis.
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| Time |
1891-2
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