| Made in U.S.A. | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Alfred Kern |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company |
| Publication date | 1966 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 369 pp |
| OCLC Number | 730054 |
| Preceded by | The Width of Waters |
| Followed by | The Trial of Martin Ross |
Made in U.S.A. is a novel by the American writer Alfred Kern.[1]
The story is set in the 1960s in Braden, Pennsylvania, a fictional mill town north of Pittsburgh. Protagonist Steve Hamner is a successful trade unionist for the fictional United Ore and Metal Workers, AFL-CIO. He meets Paula Montefiore, a displaced intellectual from a Kafkaesque Eastern Europe, who is seeking to make a new life in the United States. The two characters confront each other about the meaning of the American dream.[2]