Ragtime by E L Doctorow paperback book

❗ Please note: Due to Poshmark's fee, I will not take offers on this listing unless it is combined in a bundle with another listing. Thank you for understanding. Part of my 2/$10 deals. Bundle with any other listing marked 2/$10. The book that inspired the Broadway musical, twice! Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. An extraordinary tapestry, Ragtime captures the spirit of America in the era between the turn of the century and the First World War. The story opens in 1906 in New Rochelle, New York, at the home of an affluent American family. One lazy Sunday afternoon, the famous escape artist Harry Houdini swerves his car into a telephone pole outside their house. And almost magically, the line between fantasy and historical fact, between real and imaginary characters, disappears. Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, J. P. Morgan, Evelyn Nesbit, Sigmund Freud, and Emiliano Zapata slip in and out of the tale, crossing paths with Doctorow's imagined family and other fictional characters, including an immigrant peddler and a ragtime musician from Harlem. Condition: This book is in great used condition. It has no marks. One page was folded down and I did read it but the binding is still in great shape with no creases. Sold from a Smoke-Free and Pet Free Home *** Save 💲 Bundle any 2 listings in my closet for a 15% discount ***