Ragtime (penguin classic)

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Welcome to America at the turn of the twentieth century, where the rhythms of ragtime set the tone. Harry Houdini amazes audiences with magical escape acts, the mighty J.P. Morgan dominates the financial world, and Henry Ford produces automobiles by turning people into machines. Emma Goldman preaches free love and feminism, while former chorus girl Evelyn Nesbitt inspires a crazed millionaire to murder architect Stanford White. In this stunningly original chronicle, such real-life characters intertwine with three remarkable families: a Black family, a Jewish one, and a wealthy WASP family. Together, they form a dazzling literary mosaic that brings to life an era of extreme poverty, enormous prosperity, and incredible change—in short, the age of ragtime.

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