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Dreamland

Dreamland | Kevin Baker

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A literary tour de force, a magnificent chronicle of a remarkable era and a place of dreams In a stunning work of imagination and memory, author Kevin Baker brings to mesmerizing life a vibrant, colorful, thrilling, and dangerous New York City in the earliest years of the twentieth century. A novel breathtaking in its scope and ambition, it is the epic saga of newcomers drawn to the promise of America—gangsters and laborers, hucksters and politicians, radicals, reformers, murderers, and sideshow oddities—whose stories of love, revenge, and tragedy interweave and shine in the artificial electric dazzle of a wondrous place called Dreamland.

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Dreamland | Kevin Baker

While interesting so far, I feel like I'm watching a Looney Tunes cartoon with Rocky & Mugsy... lots of gangs & gangsters with funny nicknames.

AmyG Ha! That brings back memories. 3y

IamIamIam @AmyG ššš 3y

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Dreamland | Kevin Baker

Hoping for a slow day so I can get this started later. Only 1 other person has reviewed this on Litsy in 23 years so I'm a little apprehensive but the first chapter, along with pre-Prohibition Coney Island caught me and I'm willing to give it a shot. šˇ¢šˇ�šˇŖ

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Dreamland | Kevin Baker

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A sweeping, epic portrayal of New York City in the early 20th century, including several characters based on real historical figures, from Sigmund Freud to Tammany Hall‘s Big Tim Sullivan, to more unsavory characters like gangsters Gyp the Blood and Kid Twist. When Kid Twist impulsively slams Gyp the Blood over the head with a shovel and then falls in love with Gyp‘s sister, a seamstress in the Triangle Factory sweatshop, things get dicey!