The Book Prize Index

Triangle

David Von Drehle

Describes the 1911 fire that destroyed the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village, the deaths of 146 workers in the fire, and the implications of the catastrophe for twentieth-century politics and labor relations.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryGoogle Books: Business & Economics -> Business & EconomicsKeyword Classifier: Business & Economics -> Business & EconomicsClimate, Weather & DisasterBusiness, Capitalism & CorporationsHousing, Cities & Urban LifeLabor, Work & Organizing

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Hillman Prize for Book Journalism2004WinnerOfficial source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

This is an unverified interpretation of the catalog description, offered as an opt-in discovery experiment—not as bibliographic fact.

  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • New York55%
    • Greenwich Village50%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    30 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.