Three Golden Rivers

Year of Publication
1948
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
272 p.
Language
English
Author
Author: Olive Price
Publisher
Bobbs-Merrill Company
City
Indianapolis
Genre
Keywords
Abstract
Four newly-orphaned Bayard children must leave the family farm, find a shanty home on Pittsburgh’s South Side, and begin to work in the city’s glass industry. They meet real-life characters like Andrew Carnegie, Stephen Collins Foster, and Charles Dickens.
Author Biography
Olive Price (1903-91), born in Pittsburgh, wrote books and plays for children. She attended the University of Pittsburgh in the 1920s and worked as a copywriter for local department stores before devoting her time fully to writing.
Time
1850s
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