num_pages: 288
description: Inspired by the writer's own experiences as a labor organizer and as a labor prisoner, this well-crafted novel tells the story of Lonnie James, a youth falsely convicted of murder, and the fight to save his life organized by three Communist black prisoners inside the "iron city" of a state penitentiary in a northern steel-mill center.
language: English
title: Iron City
titlecomplete: Iron City
ratings_count: 31
publisher: Northeastern University Press