Made in U.S.A. (novel)
| Author | Alfred Kern |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company |
Publication date | 1966 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 369 pp |
| OCLC | 730054 |
| Preceded by | The Width of Waters |
| Followed by | The Trial of Martin Ross |
Made in U.S.A. is a novel by the American writer Alfred Kern.[1]
The story is set in the 1960s in Braden, Pennsylvania, a fictional mill town north of Pittsburgh. Protagonist Steve Hamner is a successful trade unionist for the fictional United Ore and Metal Workers, AFL-CIO. He meets Paula Montefiore, a displaced intellectual from a Kafkaesque Eastern Europe, who is seeking to make a new life in the United States. The two characters confront each other about the meaning of the American dream.[2]
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