Made in U.S.A. (novel)

Made in U.S.A.
Author	Alfred Kern
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin Company
Publication date	1966
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	369 pp
OCLC	730054
Preceded by	The Width of Waters
Followed by	The 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

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

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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)

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