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Author | Irwin Shapiro (1911–1981) |
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Cover artist | James Daugherty |
Language | English |
Publisher | Julian Messner, Inc. |
Publication date | 1948 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 58 pp |
OCLC | 1417159 |
Joe Magarac and His USA Citizen Papers is a novel for children by the American writer Irwin Shapiro (1911–1981) set in the steel valley of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It tells the story of the "legendary" steelworker Joe Magarac, who when a mill boss tells him that he needs $1,000 to get his American citizenship papers, goes on a working spree to earn the money. Magarac gets angry, however, when a U.S. Congressman tells him to go back to the Old Country where he came from. Magarac rips up rails and knocks down buildings and in a climatic rage in the manner of King Kong scales the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. [1]
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Author | Irwin Shapiro (1911–1981) |
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Cover artist | James Daugherty |
Language | English |
Publisher | Julian Messner, Inc. |
Publication date | 1948 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 58 pp |
OCLC | 1417159 |
Joe Magarac and His USA Citizen Papers is a novel for children by the American writer Irwin Shapiro (1911–1981) set in the steel valley of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It tells the story of the "legendary" steelworker Joe Magarac, who when a mill boss tells him that he needs $1,000 to get his American citizenship papers, goes on a working spree to earn the money. Magarac gets angry, however, when a U.S. Congressman tells him to go back to the Old Country where he came from. Magarac rips up rails and knocks down buildings and in a climatic rage in the manner of King Kong scales the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. [1]
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