Duffy's Rocks
First edition | |
| Author | Edward Fenton |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | E. P. Dutton (US) Hamish Hamilton (uk) |
Publication date | 1974 |
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 198 |
| OCLC | 700820 |
Duffy's Rocks is a 1974 young adult novel by the American writer Edward Fenton (1917–1995) set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the Great Depression.[1]
It tells the story of fourteen-year-old Timothy Francis Brennan as he comes of age in the fictional mill town of Duffy's Rocks, adjacent to Pittsburgh, and a parallel of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. Brennan lives with his grandmother, a feisty Irish immigrant, as he searches for his missing father.[2]
The book was reissued in 1999 by the University of Pittsburgh Press, in its Golden Triangle line of children's books.[3]
References
- ^ Fenton, Edward (1974). Duffy's Rocks. New York: Dutton.
- ^ Demarest, David P. (1976). From These Hills, From These Valleys: Selected Fiction about Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-1123-X.
- ^ Hoover, Bob (August 8, 1999). "Pitt Press plans line of books for children". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 84. Retrieved June 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.