Made in U.S.A. (novel)

1966 novel by Alfred Kern

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

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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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