{"product_id":"the-harbor-paperback","title":"The Harbor - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErnest Poole\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatrick Chura\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003ePatrick Chura\u003c\/b\u003e (Notes by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Ernest Poole's bestselling, muckraking classic about the plight of the worker. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe best-known novel by the winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Ernest Poole's \u003ci\u003eThe Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1915 to instant acclaim and remains his most important book. At the heart of the story is Billy, an aspiring writer who struggles to reconcile his sympathy for workers with his middle-class allegiance to capitalist progress. As Billy comes of age on the New York waterfront, an eyewitness to explosive tensions between labor and capital that culminate in a violent strike, he learns to embrace socialism as the solution to the harbor's seething injustices. This novel, one of the most direct literary treatments of class warfare, is a valuable social history and a powerful testament to Poole's legendary talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnest Poole\u003c\/b\u003e (1880-1950) was born in Chicago and educated at Princeton. In 1902 he began his writing career as a muckraking journalist, living in a settlement house in the New York slums to further his research into the causes and conditions of poverty. He published twenty-four books, including works of fiction, history, and journalism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Chura\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of English at the University of Akron, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 7.75 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 27, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691458138175,"sku":"9780143106449","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8fd639da714c5d21518b767115a02998.webp?v=1764992178","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-harbor-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}