{"product_id":"the-women-of-smeltertown-paperback","title":"The Women of Smeltertown - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcia Hatfield Daudistel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMimi R. Gladstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce there was a place called Smeltertown, and it was known as the largest industrial city on the banks of the Rio Grande. The smokestacks of the American Smelting and Refining Company, which polluted the air for three miles in every direction, grew so tall over the decades that they became a landmark just inside the El Paso side of the US-Mexico border. In a community of small adobe houses, many with dirt floors and without indoor plumbing, both the men employed at the smelter and the women who raised families and made homes there form the history of Smeltertown. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through interviews with the women and their now middle-aged children, the realities of everyday life in Smeltertown are revealed--as is the strength of the women who forged a community and preserved a culture in these primitive conditions. Current photographs of the interviewees and historical photographs of Smeltertown illustrate the history of an area not even native El Pasoans knew.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCIA HATFIELD DAUDISTEL is most recently the coauthor, with writer and photographer Bill Wright, of \u003ci\u003eAuthentic Texas: People of the Big Bend\u003c\/i\u003e. MIMI REISEL GLADSTEIN is the author or coeditor of seven books. In 2011 she was named to the El Paso Historical Society Hall of Honor and to the El Paso Commission for Women Hall of Fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778125070624,"sku":"9780875657004","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/128003d30afbf3ebc3d2628b84074b9e.webp?v=1780505090","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-women-of-smeltertown-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}