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Book Review of Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer

Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
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Pulitzer Prize? This guy is no Dresler or Sinclair Lewis. The one redeeming value of this novel is in its picture of New York City in the late 1800s as the city propels itself towards the 20th century. This book definitely needs an editor! If I read one more paragraph that begins "One day...", One week...", One hour...", "One month...", "One anything, I think I'll pu....... Hraaaaaaaagh! There I did it. Who sits on these panels anyway?