Ragtime
$27.23
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
6 March 2006
Summary
Welcome to America at the turn of the twentieth century, where the rhythms of ragtime set the beat. Harry Houdini astonishes audiences with magical feats of escape, the mighty 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 stunningly original chronicle of an age, such real-…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141188171 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141188170 |
| Author: | E.L. Doctorow, Al Alvarez |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 6 March 2006 |
| Weight: | 218g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
E.L. Doctorow
E. L. Doctorow (1931-2015) was one of America’s most accomplished and acclaimed writers. Winner of the National Book Award, three National Book Critics Circle Awards, two PEN/Faulkner Awards, and the National Humanities Medal, he is the author of twelve novels that explored the drama of American life from the late-19th century to the 21st.
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