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The Color of a Great City

Gelesen von Lee Smalley

(3 Sterne; 4 Bewertungen)

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

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The City of My Dreams

8:09

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The City Awakes

5:59

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The Waterfront

9:49

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The Log of a Harbor Pilot

33:14

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Bums

17:29

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The Michael J. Powers Association

18:30

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The Fire

20:38

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The Car Yard

10:27

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The Flight of Pigeons

5:17

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On Being Poor

9:56

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Six O’clock

7:53

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The Toilers of the Tenements

27:00

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The End of a Vacation

6:02

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The Track Walker

5:45

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The Realization of an Ideal

6:01

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The Pushcart Man

12:35

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A Vanished Seaside Resort

18:03

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The Bread-Line

7:06

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Our Red Slayer

7:50

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Whence the Song

32:54

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Characters

23:48

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The Beauty of Life

5:42

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A Wayplace of the Fallen

20:24

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Hell’s Kitchen

25:34

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A Certain Oil Refinery

13:17

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The Bowery Mission

15:38

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The Wonder of the Water

5:05

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The Man on the Bench

8:23

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The Men in the Dark

10:14

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The Men in the Storm

4:22

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The Men in the Snow

8:41

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The Freshness of the Universe

5:57

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The Cradle of Tears

4:04

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When the Sails Are Furled

29:55

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The Sandwich Man

13:16

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The Love Affairs of Little Italy

15:03

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Christmas in the Tenements

16:00

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The Rivers of the Nameless Dead

6:50

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Bewertungen

Excellent Narration

(3,5 Sterne)

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

(4 Sterne)