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He was thinking of the town he had known. Not of old New Yorkâhe had heard of that from old, old men when he himself had still been young and had smiled at their garrulity. He was thinking of a young New York, the mighty throbbing city to which he had come long ago as a lad from the New... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Roger Gale: Add a description of this character.
- Miss Deborah: A mover and shaker, a woman on a mission thats only fear is love.
- Edith: The traditional woman of the family who lives for her kids and bettering their lives no matter the cost upon herself.
- Laura: The youngest of the three girls whose big dreams of money and wealth get her into a bit of trouble.
- Bruce
- Johnny Geer
- Allan Baird
- George
- William
- Judith
- Betsy
- Sloane
- Isadore
- Dave
- A. Baird
- Harold
- Hannah
- Hal
- Joe
- Bob
First Sentence edit
HE was thinking of the town he had known.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 8 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1917. (authoritative list)
Preceded by In the Wilderness, and followed by The Definite Object.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ernest Poole (Author)
Awards edit
- Pulitzer Prize (1918: Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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