Pay Envelopes: Tales of the Mill, the Mines and the City Street

TitlePay Envelopes: Tales of the Mill, the Mines and the City Street
Year of Publication1911
Publication TypeShort Stories
Number of Pages or Episodes259 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsOppenheim, James
Tertiary AuthorsTownsend, Harry [Everett]
PublisherB. W. Huebsch
CityNew York
Keywordsworking class people
Abstract

Eleven short stories—of which only “The Cog,” “A Woman,” and “Joan of the Mills” are expressly set in Western Pennsylvania—about blue-collar work, with several featuring female protagonists.

Author Biography

James Oppenheim (1882-1932), born in St. Paul, Minnesota, was poet and novelist, and editor of The Seven Arts literary magazine. Harry Townsend (1879-1941), born in Wyoming, Illinois, was educated at the University of Wisconsin and Art Institute of Chicago.

Time

1910s