Life in the Iron Mills and Other Stories: Second Edition (Paperback)

from Dreesie

Life in the Iron Mills is considered to be the first American realist fiction, depicting iron workers' lives, presumably near Wheeling, VA/WV, where Davis lived until her marriage. Published in 1861, it looks at an uneducated Welsh immigrant, Wolfe, desperately poor, who spends his limited free t...

from richardderus

I RECEIVED MY DRC FROM THE PUBLISHER VIA EDELWEISS+. THANK YOU. A cloudy day: do you know what that is in a town of iron-works? The sky sank down before dawn, muddy, flat, immovable. The air is thick, clammy with the breath of crowded human beings. It stifles me. I open the window, and, looking ...

from Stormydawnc

I had to read this for my American Literature class, and it's probably my favorite book I've ever been assigned. Powerful and poignant the entire way through. I loved everything from the heartbreaking story to the way Davis wrote. It's now one of my all-time favorite books.

from Stormydawnc

I had to read this for my American Literature class, and it's probably my favorite book I've ever been assigned. Powerful and poignant the entire way through. I loved everything from the heartbreaking story to the way Davis wrote. It's now one of my all-time favorite books.