Ragtime
Doctorow, E. L., 1931-2006
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Welcome to America at the turn of the 20th century, where the rhythms of ragtime set the beat. Harry Houdini astonishes audiences with feats of escape, J. P. Morgan dominates the financial world and Henry Ford manufactures cars by making men into machines. Emma Goldman preaches free love and feminism, while ex-chorus girl Evelyn Nesbitt inspires a mad millionaire to murder the architect Stanford White. In this extraordinary chronicle of an age, such real-life characters intermingle with three remarkable families, one black, one Jewish and one prosperous WASP, to create a dazzling literary mosaic that brings to life an era of dire poverty, fabulous wealth and incredible change.
Main title:
Ragtime / E.L. Doctorow.
Author:
Edition:
[New ed.] / with an introduction by Al Alvarez.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2006.
Collation:
xi, 270 p. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Previous ed.: New York: Random House; London: Macmillan, 1975.
ISBN:
9780141188171 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.54GEN
Language:
English
BRN:
171191