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Made in U.S.A. (novel)

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Made in U.S.A.
AuthorAlfred Kern
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Company
Publication date
1966
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages369 pp
OCLC730054
Preceded byThe Width of Waters 
Followed byThe 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]

References

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  1. ^ "Alfred Kern, Contemporary Authors Online, Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2002". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "Made in U.S.A., Publishers Weekly, 1966". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)