Assignment on Thomas Bell, "Zinc Works Craneman to Wed"
(1936) and "The Man Who Made Good In America" (1948)
Read these two short story.
- The first story was written about the time Bell was researching and writing Out Of
This Furnace.
- The main figures in the second story are familiar ones from Out of This Furnace.
Writing Assignment: Write 350 words, or a bit more, about 175
words on each story.
Do not summarize! Instead, discuss what the story suggests about life
in industrial America.
Email to your group and to me.