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So Long Sparta - Couverture souple

Reilly, Frank

 
9780595434510: So Long Sparta
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595434517 ISBN 13 : 9780595434510
Editeur : iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

The clash between dominant steel mills and helpless nature combined with the collapse of the steel industry to create the age of skepticism in Youngstown in the 1930s. The elemental conflict within the valley would be undetected by new arrivals driving in from the north or south. Travelers motoring by serene McKelvey Lake saw no hint of the Mahoning Valley's monstrous industry nor did drivers passing through bucolic Canfield from the opposite direction. Twenty miles of steel mill smokestacks built along the river bottom created the valley's scenic ugliness.These thick vertical throats streamed red flames and cast a pall of black vapors into the heavens. This view also silhouetted a rusting industry that suppressed in area youths creative expression. The red glow of open-hearth furnaces and Bessemer converters inflamed each night's sky like a sunrise that begins at dark. The spectacle promoted awe in kids but their lesson from the Great Depression taught doubt. The faulty judgments of adult minds infected the young with fears about the ability of their family to cope with uncertainty. The more aware children felt critical of grown-ups and voiced wariness about the future. They saw wrecked households everywhere. The Depression generation struggled to survive, create change and gain respect. This is one story of how they did it.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The clash between dominant steel mills and helpless nature combined with the collapse of the steel industry to create the age of skepticism in Youngstown in the 1930s. The elemental conflict within the valley would be undetected by new arrivals driving in from the north or south. Travelers motoring by serene McKelvey Lake saw no hint of the Mahoning Valley's monstrous industry nor did drivers passing through bucolic Canfield from the opposite direction. Twenty miles of steel mill smokestacks built along the river bottom created the valley's scenic ugliness.These thick vertical throats streamed red flames and cast a pall of black vapors into the heavens. This view also silhouetted a rusting industry that suppressed in area youths creative expression. The red glow of open-hearth furnaces and Bessemer converters inflamed each night's sky like a sunrise that begins at dark. The spectacle promoted awe in kids but their lesson from the Great Depression taught doubt. The faulty judgments of adult minds infected the young with fears about the ability of their family to cope with uncertainty. The more aware children felt critical of grown-ups and voiced wariness about the future. They saw wrecked households everywhere. The Depression generation struggled to survive, create change and gain respect. This is one story of how they did it.

Biographie de l'auteur

Frank W. Reilly was born in Youngstown, Ohio and moved to Southern California at the onset of WWII. He enlisted in the US Navy and served in the Pacific. He received a B.A. from UCLA and an MPA from Harvard. He joined the federal government in 1951 and began a life long career in designing large-scale computer systems. His Great Depression childhood experience inspired the story of this novel. He retired to Rockport, Texas to write.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595434517
ISBN 13 
9780595434510
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
312
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Personne responsable
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