{"product_id":"blood-on-the-forge-9781590171349","title":"Blood on the Forge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraised by both Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison, this classic of Black literature is a brutal depiction of the Great Migration from the Jim Crow South\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This brutally gripping novel about the African-American Great Migration follows the three Moss brothers, who flee the rural South to work in industries up North. Delivered by day into the searing inferno of the steel mills, by night they encounter a world of surreal devastation, crowded with dogfighters, whores, cripples, strikers, and scabs. Keenly sensitive to character, prophetic in its depiction of environmental degradation and globalized labor, Attaway's novel is an unprecedented confrontation with the realities of American life, offering an apocalyptic vision of the melting pot not as an icon of hope but as an instrument of destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlood on the Forge\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1941, when it attracted the admiring attention of Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison. It is an indispensable account of a major turning point in black history, as well as a triumph of individual style, charged with the concentrated power and poignance of the blues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590171349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2005 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2005 pg. 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2005 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William Attaway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103861637301,"sku":"9781590171349","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_daa1c1eb-9862-42c3-909d-7abde0d01718.jpg?v=1693281482","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/blood-on-the-forge-9781590171349","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}