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Metropolis : a novel
- Title
- Metropolis : a novel / Elizabeth Gaffney.
- Author
- Gaffney, Elizabeth.
- Publication
- New York : Random House, [2005], ©2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS3607.A355 M47 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 461 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Elizabeth Gaffney's Metropolis captures the splendor and violence of America's greatest city in the years after the Civil War, as young immigrants climb out of urban chaos and into the American dream." "On a freezing night in the middle of winter, Gaffney's hero is suddenly awakened by a fire in P. T. Barnum's stable, where he works and sleeps, and soon finds himself at the center of a citywide arson investigation. Determined to clear his name and realize the dreams that inspired his hazardous voyage across the Atlantic, he will change his identity many times, find himself mixed up with one of the city's toughest and most enterprising gangs, and fall in love with a smart, headstrong, and beautiful young woman. Buffeted by the forces of fate, hate, luck, and passion, our hero struggles to build a life - and just to stay alive - in a country that at first held so much promise for him." "Epic in sweep, Metropolis follows our hero from his arrival in New York harbor through his experiences in Barnum's circus, the criminal underground, and the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, and on to a life in Brooklyn that is at once unique and poignantly emblematic of the American experience."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Historical fiction.
- ISBN
- 1400061504
- LCCN
- 2004050804
- OCLC
- 55511438
- ocm55511438
- SCSB-5163583
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries