![]() Buffeted by the forces of fate, hate, luck, and passion, our hero struggles to build a lifejust to stay alivein a country that at first held so much promise for him.Įpic in sweep, Metropolis follows our hero from his arrival in New York harbor through his experiences in Barnums circus, the criminal underground, and the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, and on to a life in Brooklyn that is at once unique and poignantly emblematic of the American experience. Barnums stable, where he works and sleeps, and soon finds himself at the center of a citywide arson investigation.ĭetermined to clear his name and realize the dreams that inspired his hazardous voyage across the Atlantic, he will change his identity many times, find himself mixed up with one of the citys toughest and most enterprising gangs, and fall in love with a smart, headstrong, and beautiful young woman. On a freezing night in the middle of winter, Gaffneys nameless hero is suddenly awakened by a fire in P. Elizabeth Gaffneys magnificent, Dickensian Metropolis captures the splendor and violence of Americas greatest city in the years after the Civil War, as young immigrants climb out of urban chaos and into the American dream. ![]()
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