Profitable Squab Breeding

The Color of a Great City by Theodore Dreiser is a collection of vivid sketches portraying life in New York City between 1900 and 1914. The book captures the social and financial disparities of the era offering insights into the diverse neighborhoods classes and daily activities of the city''s inhabitants. Through detailed narratives of a harbor pilot chaotic fire scenes tenement life and marginalized individuals Dreiser paints a rich tapestry of urban existence exploring themes of poverty labor exploitation and resilience in the face of adversity.