Download or read book Out of this Furnace written by Thomas Bell and published by [Pittsburgh] : University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel begins in the mid-1880s with the naive, blundering career of Djuro Kracha. It tracks his arrival from the old country as he walked from New York to White Haven, his later migration to the steel mills of Braddock, and his eventual downfall through foolish financial speculations and an extramarital affair.