Ragtime
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007.
ISBN:
9780812978186, 0812978188
Lexile measure:
930L
Status:
2nd Floor- Adult Books
FIC DOCTOROW E.
Description
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time
Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. An extraordinary tapestry, Ragtime captures the spirit of America in the era between the turn of the century and the First World War.
The story opens in 1906 in New Rochelle, New York, at the home of an affluent American family. One lazy Sunday afternoon, the famous escape artist Harry Houdini swerves his car into a telephone pole outside their house. And almost magically, the line between fantasy and historical fact, between real and imaginary characters, disappears. Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, J. P. Morgan, Evelyn Nesbit, Sigmund Freud, and Emiliano Zapata slip in and out of the tale, crossing paths with Doctorow's imagined family and other fictional characters, including an immigrant peddler and a ragtime musician from Harlem whose insistence on a point of justice drives him to revolutionary violence.
Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. An extraordinary tapestry, Ragtime captures the spirit of America in the era between the turn of the century and the First World War.
The story opens in 1906 in New Rochelle, New York, at the home of an affluent American family. One lazy Sunday afternoon, the famous escape artist Harry Houdini swerves his car into a telephone pole outside their house. And almost magically, the line between fantasy and historical fact, between real and imaginary characters, disappears. Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, J. P. Morgan, Evelyn Nesbit, Sigmund Freud, and Emiliano Zapata slip in and out of the tale, crossing paths with Doctorow's imagined family and other fictional characters, including an immigrant peddler and a ragtime musician from Harlem whose insistence on a point of justice drives him to revolutionary violence.
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Format:
Book
Edition:
Random House Trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc:
320 pages ; 21 cm.
Language:
English
Lexile measure:
930
Notes
Description
The lives of three remarkable families become entwined with Henry Ford, Harry Houdini, J.P. Morgan, Theodore Dreiser, Sigmund Freud, and Emiliano Zapata at the turn of the century.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Doctorow, E. L. (2007). Ragtime. Random House Trade pbk. ed. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Doctorow, E. L., 1931-2015. 2007. Ragtime. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Doctorow, E. L., 1931-2015, Ragtime. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007.
MLA Citation (style guide)Doctorow, E. L. Ragtime. Random House Trade pbk. ed. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007. Print.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2010. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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