... of the American dream involved a movement away from the grinding poverty and the drudgery of life in her small town of Columbia City, Wisconsin, into Chicago's glitterier. Chicago is emblematic of America at the end of the 19th century- the coming of the industrial age and burgeoning of capitalistic pursuit and enterprise. At these advents, Chicago became transformed and entrenched in the excitement of city life, where the conspicuous spirit of consumerism was the order of the ... of other things. Nothing is told about her background or history. On the train to Chicago, Drouet, a flamboya...

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