Magic Fern (novel)

Magic Fern (novel)
The Magic Fern  
Author(s) Phillip Bonosky
Country  USA
Language English
Genre(s) Novel, Proletarian literature
Publisher International Publishers
Publication date 1961
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 625
OCLC Number 4021544
Preceded by Burning Valley

The Magic Fern is a novel by the American writer Phillip Bonosky set in the steel valley of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the 1950s.

In the story a militant worker named Leo returns to his Pennsylvania hometown, where after the Korean War the steel mill is undergoing automation and workers are losing jobs. American Steel now has an international dimension. In its quest for profits iron ore is now imported from Venezuela and the Turpin Company's steel is exported around the world.

To prevent mass layoffs, the union organizes against the Turpin Company and a communist club takes a leading role in the struggle. Subplots include a struggle to free two black youth who are the victims of a racist frame-up, and the fight against the efforts of Turpin to shift the tax burden onto the poor and workers.

References

  • Bonosky, Phillip (1961). The Magic Fern. New York: International Publishers. 



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