Duffy's Rocks
Duffy's Rocks is a young adult novel by the American writer Edward Fenton (1917–1995) set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the Great Depression.
 First edition | |
| Author | Edward Fenton |
|---|---|
| Country |  USA |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | E. P. Dutton (US) Hamish Hamilton (uk) |
Publication date | 1974 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 198 |
| OCLC | 700820 |
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.
References
- 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.
- Fenton, Edward (1974). Duffy's Rocks. New York: Dutton.
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