In his 1975 novel Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow offers a panorama of Americana. He uses real-life personalities, including magician Harry Houdini, radical militant Emma Goldman, starlet Evelyn Nesbit, Henry Ford and Booker T. Washington and interspersing them almost casually with fictional characters. Though they represent different aspects of society, they all share a common goal-the American …Read more The post Ragtime …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:57PM on November 5, 2025