Joe Magarac and His USA Citizen Papers
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 First edition | |
| Author | Irwin Shapiro (1911–1981) |
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| Cover artist | James Daugherty |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Julian Messner, Inc. |
Publication date | 1948 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 58 pp |
| OCLC | 1417159 |
Joe Magarac and His USA Citizen Papers is a novel for children by the American writer Irwin Shapiro and illustrated by James Daugherty set in the steel valley of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It tells the story of the "legendary" steelworker Joe Magarac, who when a mill boss tells him that he needs $1,000 to get his American citizenship papers, goes on a working spree to earn the money. Magarac gets angry, however, when a U.S. Congressman tells him to go back to the Old Country where he came from. Magarac goes on a rampage through Washington, D.C., ripping up rails and knocking down buildings, and in a climatic rage scales the United States Capitol.[1]
In 1947, the book received the Julia Ellsworth Ford Foundation Award.[2]
