Mrs. Beautiful

Mrs. Beautiful
Mrs. Beautiful  
Author(s) Lester Goran
Country  USA
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher New Horizon Press
Publication date 1985
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 239
ISBN ISBN 0-88282-010-9
OCLC Number 11784725
Preceded by The Keeper of Secrets
Followed by Bing Crosby's Last Song

Mrs. Beautiful is an historical novel by the American writer Lester Goran set in 1909 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

It tells the story of Roxanne, a tough heroine from West Virginia who comes north to the boomtown of Pittsburgh. There she becomes involved with characters like Diamond Jim Brady, Lillian Russell, William Trautmann, as well as with events of the Pressed Steel Car Strike of 1909 in nearby McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania.[1]

References

  1. ^ http://www.library.pitt.edu/labor_legacy/PressedSteelStrike.htm Pressed Steel Strike

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