The Color of a Great City
Theodore Dreiser
Read by Lee Smalley
Theodore Dreiser was highly acclaimed for his novels and other writing. This non-fiction work takes place in many areas of New York City in the early 20th Century. Dreiser writes of lives packed into cramped tenements, of the likely end, but perhaps not, of an affair, of those who guided ships through turbulent waters, and of life in a home for retired seamen. We're taken to the new subways where track workers risked deadly accidents as they struggled to earn a living. Animal slaughter, the glory and heartbreak of song-writing, the shabby "sandwich man", deadly jealousy in Little Italy, and much more is vividly brought to life by this brilliant author. (Summary by Lee Smalley) (8 hr 35 min)
Chapters
Foreword | 12:54 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The City of My Dreams | 8:09 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The City Awakes | 5:59 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Waterfront | 9:49 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Log of a Harbor Pilot | 33:14 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Bums | 17:29 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Michael J. Powers Association | 18:30 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Fire | 20:38 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Car Yard | 10:27 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Flight of Pigeons | 5:17 | Read by Lee Smalley |
On Being Poor | 9:56 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Six O’clock | 7:53 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Toilers of the Tenements | 27:00 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The End of a Vacation | 6:02 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Track Walker | 5:45 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Realization of an Ideal | 6:01 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Pushcart Man | 12:35 | Read by Lee Smalley |
A Vanished Seaside Resort | 18:03 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Bread-Line | 7:06 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Our Red Slayer | 7:50 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Whence the Song | 32:54 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Characters | 23:48 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Beauty of Life | 5:42 | Read by Lee Smalley |
A Wayplace of the Fallen | 20:24 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Hell’s Kitchen | 25:34 | Read by Lee Smalley |
A Certain Oil Refinery | 13:17 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Bowery Mission | 15:38 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Wonder of the Water | 5:05 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Man on the Bench | 8:23 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Men in the Dark | 10:14 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Men in the Storm | 4:22 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Men in the Snow | 8:41 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Freshness of the Universe | 5:57 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Cradle of Tears | 4:04 | Read by Lee Smalley |
When the Sails Are Furled | 29:55 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Sandwich Man | 13:16 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Love Affairs of Little Italy | 15:03 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Christmas in the Tenements | 16:00 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Rivers of the Nameless Dead | 6:50 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Reviews
Excellent Narration
antony lubbe
Thank you Lee Smalley for a fitting reading. I often forgot he was the reader and not the character. Intuitive descriptions and stories of the long ago endless poorer class of city wonderers or residents. I really enjoyed the long listen. Life seemed hella tough back then.
Vignettes of NYC in Former Days
TLocke