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Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many SingularPhases of Metropolitan Life

by LEMUEL ELY QUIGG ...

In this book, Lemuel Ely Quigg likely presents a collection of stories and sketches that offer a glimpse into various aspects of life in New York City during the late 19th century. The title "Tin-Types" refers to the process of creating photographs on thin metal plates, which was a common form of street photography at the time. Quigg may use this metaphor to suggest that the stories and sketches ... Read more

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In this book, Lemuel Ely Quigg likely presents a collection of stories and sketches that offer a glimpse into various aspects of life in New York City during the late 19th century. The title "Tin-Types" refers to the process of creating photographs on thin metal plates, which was a common form of street photography at the time. Quigg may use this metaphor to suggest that the stories and sketches
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Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York

A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular / Phases of Metropolitan Life

by Lemuel Ely Quigg ...

In "Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York," Lemuel Ely Quigg presents a vivid and engaging portrait of 19th-century New York City through a collection of sketches and observations that illuminate the diverse tapestry of urban life. Written in a captivating yet accessible literary style, the book employs a blend of wit and poignancy, showcasing Quigg's keen observational skills and social ... Read more

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In "Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York," Lemuel Ely Quigg presents a vivid and engaging portrait of 19th-century New York City through a collection of sketches and observations that illuminate the diverse tapestry of urban life. Written in a captivating yet accessible literary style, the book employs a blend of wit and poignancy, showcasing Quigg's keen observational skills and social
... Read more
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular / Phases of Metropolitan Life

by Lemuel Ely Quigg, Jordan Pierce ...

In *Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York*, Lemuel Ely Quigg presents a gallery of brief urban sketches that treats the city as both spectacle and social text. The "tin-type" metaphor suggests snapshots: compressed, sharply framed observations of public manners, eccentric characters, commercial bustle, and the collisions of class and circumstance that define metropolitan life. Quigg's prose ... Read more

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In *Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York*, Lemuel Ely Quigg presents a gallery of brief urban sketches that treats the city as both spectacle and social text. The "tin-type" metaphor suggests snapshots: compressed, sharply framed observations of public manners, eccentric characters, commercial bustle, and the collisions of class and circumstance that define metropolitan life. Quigg's prose
... Read more
Tales of Old New York: A 40-Book Collection

Forty Classic Stories of Gilded Age Ambition, Tenement Life, Romance, and Urban Reinvention

by Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Herman Melville, Theodore Dreiser, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Horatio Jr. Alger, Edgar Fawcett, Grace Livingston Hill, H. C. Witwer, Myra Kelly, Clara Morris, Louis Tracy, Basil King, Arthur Stringer, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Montague Glass, Emma Speed Sampson, A. M. Williamson, C. N. Williamson, Cosmo Hamilton, Robert W. Chambers, H. C. Bunner, Louis Joseph Vance, Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow, Anthony Hope, John Bell Bouton, Gilbert Parker, George Barr McCutcheon, Owen Johnson, Ernest Poole, Lemuel Ely Quigg ...

Tales of Old New York: A 40-Book Collection assembles a capacious literary portrait of the city as metropolis, social theatre, immigrant crossroads, and imagined stage for ambition. Across realism, sentimental romance, adventure, detective fiction, satire, melodrama, and tales of upward mobility, the volume traces changing urban manners and class relations. Its memorable contrasts—between drawing ... Read more

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Tales of Old New York: A 40-Book Collection assembles a capacious literary portrait of the city as metropolis, social theatre, immigrant crossroads, and imagined stage for ambition. Across realism, sentimental romance, adventure, detective fiction, satire, melodrama, and tales of upward mobility, the volume traces changing urban manners and class relations. Its memorable contrasts—between drawing
... Read more
New York Narratives: A 40-Book Library of Old New York Stories & Novels

Forty Tales of Gilded Age Society, Immigrant Life, Tenements, and Wall Street

by Herman Melville, Theodore Dreiser, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Horatio Jr. Alger, Edgar Fawcett, Grace Livingston Hill, H. C. Witwer, Myra Kelly, Clara Morris, Louis Tracy, Basil King, Arthur Stringer, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Montague Glass, Emma Speed Sampson, A. M. Williamson, C. N. Williamson, Cosmo Hamilton, Robert W. Chambers, H. C. Bunner, Louis Joseph Vance, Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow, Anthony Hope, John Bell Bouton, Gilbert Parker, George Barr McCutcheon, Owen Johnson, Ernest Poole, Lemuel Ely Quigg ...

New York Narratives gathers a capacious archive of imagined city life, tracing Old New York through social realism, domestic fiction, romance, melodrama, crime adventure, satire, and tales of aspiration. Its range moves from the moral pressures of wealth and class to immigrant encounter, theatrical culture, commercial ambition, and the changing architecture of urban desire. Canonical visions of ... Read more

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New York Narratives gathers a capacious archive of imagined city life, tracing Old New York through social realism, domestic fiction, romance, melodrama, crime adventure, satire, and tales of aspiration. Its range moves from the moral pressures of wealth and class to immigrant encounter, theatrical culture, commercial ambition, and the changing architecture of urban desire. Canonical visions of
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The Best American Humorous Short Stories

by Alexander Jessup ...

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Murder Mystery - Boxed Set: 800+ Whodunit Mysteries, True Crime Stories & Action Thrillers

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The 'Murder Mystery - Boxed Set: 800+ Whodunit Mysteries, True Crime Stories & Action Thrillers' stands as a monumental anthology that spans a broad spectrum of the genre, encapsulating the evolution and diversity of mystery writing from the classic detective tales of the 19th century to the intricate plots of the early 20th century. This collection showcases a rich variety of literary styles and ... Read more

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The 'Murder Mystery - Boxed Set: 800+ Whodunit Mysteries, True Crime Stories & Action Thrillers' stands as a monumental anthology that spans a broad spectrum of the genre, encapsulating the evolution and diversity of mystery writing from the classic detective tales of the 19th century to the intricate plots of the early 20th century. This collection showcases a rich variety of literary styles and
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King Coal

by Upton Sinclair ...

A fellow determined to find the truth for himself about conditions in the mines, runs away from home and adopts the alias "Joe Smith." After being turned away by one coal mine for fear of Hal being a union organizer, he gets a job in another coal mine operated by the General Fuel Company, or GFC. In the mines he befriends many of the workers, and realizes their misery and exploitation at the hands ... Read more

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A fellow determined to find the truth for himself about conditions in the mines, runs away from home and adopts the alias "Joe Smith." After being turned away by one coal mine for fear of Hal being a union organizer, he gets a job in another coal mine operated by the General Fuel Company, or GFC. In the mines he befriends many of the workers, and realizes their misery and exploitation at the hands
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The Greatest Murder Mysteries Ever Written

A Treasury of Victorian Detectives, Locked Rooms, Golden Age Whodunits, and Gothic Crime

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Wilkie Collins, Ethel Lina White, Annie Haynes, R. Austin Freeman, H. C. McNeile, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Morrison, Ernest Bramah, Victor L. Whitechurch, Thomas W. Hanshew, E. W. Hornung, J. S. Fletcher, Rober Barr, Frank Froest, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, Isabel Ostander, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur B. Reeve, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Richard Marsh, Émile Gaboriau, Arthur J. Rees, William Le Queux, Carolyn Wells, Frank L. Packard, Fred M. White, Allan Pinkerton, Anna Maynard Barbour, A. E. W. Mason, Louis Tracy, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Cleveland Moffett, Louis Joseph Vance, Jackson Gregory, E. M. Delafield, Anton Chekhov, James Hay, Melville Davisson Post, Anna Katharine Green, Ambrose Bierce, John R. Coryell, Frederic Arnold Kummer, Arthur Cheney Train, S. S. Van Dine ...

The Greatest Murder Mysteries Ever Written surveys the formative pleasures and formal ingenuity of detective fiction, gathering locked rooms, poisoned clues, country-house crimes, urban conspiracies, and investigations shaped by psychological suspense. Its range extends from Gothic atmosphere and sensational plotting to the brisk procedural, the gentleman-thief adventure, and the modern puzzle ... Read more

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The Greatest Murder Mysteries Ever Written surveys the formative pleasures and formal ingenuity of detective fiction, gathering locked rooms, poisoned clues, country-house crimes, urban conspiracies, and investigations shaped by psychological suspense. Its range extends from Gothic atmosphere and sensational plotting to the brisk procedural, the gentleman-thief adventure, and the modern puzzle
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THE MURDER CASE - Ultimate Mystery Collection

Classic Detective Tales, Gothic Crimes, Locked Rooms, Espionage, and Golden Age Puzzles

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Wilkie Collins, Ethel Lina White, Annie Haynes, R. Austin Freeman, H. C. McNeile, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Morrison, Ernest Bramah, Victor L. Whitechurch, Thomas W. Hanshew, E. W. Hornung, J. S. Fletcher, Rober Barr, Frank Froest, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, Isabel Ostander, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur B. Reeve, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Richard Marsh, Émile Gaboriau, Arthur J. Rees, William Le Queux, Carolyn Wells, Frank L. Packard, Fred M. White, Allan Pinkerton, Anna Maynard Barbour, A. E. W. Mason, Louis Tracy, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Cleveland Moffett, Louis Joseph Vance, Jackson Gregory, E. M. Delafield, Anton Chekhov, James Hay, Melville Davisson Post, Anna Katharine Green, Ambrose Bierce, John R. Coryell, Frederic Arnold Kummer, Arthur Cheney Train, S. S. Van Dine ...

THE MURDER CASE—Ultimate Mystery Collection surveys the murder mystery from its formative nineteenth-century experiments to the polished puzzles, police investigations, sensation narratives, and thriller-inflected tales of the early twentieth century. Its varied modes encompass deductive ratiocination, locked-room enigmas, courtroom and criminal-underworld fiction, espionage, psychological ... Read more

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THE MURDER CASE—Ultimate Mystery Collection surveys the murder mystery from its formative nineteenth-century experiments to the polished puzzles, police investigations, sensation narratives, and thriller-inflected tales of the early twentieth century. Its varied modes encompass deductive ratiocination, locked-room enigmas, courtroom and criminal-underworld fiction, espionage, psychological
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Works of Booth Tarkington: The Magnificent Ambersons, Alice Adams, and More!

The Pulitzer Prize Winning Author ( 22 Works)

by Booth Tarkington ...

Series series Classic Novels
Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is one of only three novelists (the others being William Faulkner and John Updike) to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.This book is contained 22 Works of Booth TarkingtonThe Gentleman from IndianaThe Two VanrevelsMonsieur BeaucaireCherryThe Conquest of ... Read more

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Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is one of only three novelists (the others being William Faulkner and John Updike) to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.This book is contained 22 Works of Booth TarkingtonThe Gentleman from IndianaThe Two VanrevelsMonsieur BeaucaireCherryThe Conquest of
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Delphi Complete Works of Booth Tarkington (Illustrated)

by Booth Tarkington ...

Series Book 23 - Delphi Series Nine
Booth Tarkington, a leading American novelist of the Interwar period, was famous for his novels ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ and ‘Alice Adams’. Although he was considered by many to be America's greatest living author in the 1910’s and 1920’s, being one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize multiple times, his works are sadly neglected today. This eBook presents Tarkington’s complete ... Read more

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Booth Tarkington, a leading American novelist of the Interwar period, was famous for his novels ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ and ‘Alice Adams’. Although he was considered by many to be America's greatest living author in the 1910’s and 1920’s, being one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize multiple times, his works are sadly neglected today. This eBook presents Tarkington’s complete
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