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Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Vintage Books
Publication date
April 1, 1997
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780679781271
ISBN-10
0679781277
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
Original list price
$15.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A young entrepreneur in late-nineteenth-century New York City, Martin Dressler rises from assistant in his father's cigar store as an elusive dream and his love for two sisters comes to fruition in the Grand Cosmo, an extravagant luxury hotel. Reprint. 17,500 first printing. NYT.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Finalist
Young Martin Dressler begins his career as an industrious helper in his father's cigar store. In the course of his restless young manhood, he makes a swift and eventful rise to the top, accompanied by two sisters--one a dreamlike shadow, the other a worldly business partner. As the eponymous Martin's vision becomes bolder and bolder he walks a haunted line between fantasy and reality, madness and ambition, art and industry, a sense of doom builds piece-by-hypnotic piece until this mesmerizing journey into the heart of an American dreamer reaches its bitter-sweet conclusion.
Young Martin Dressler begins his career as an industrious helper in his father's cigar store. In the course of his restless young manhood, he makes a swift and eventful rise to the top, accompanied by two sisters--one a dreamlike shadow, the other a worldly business partner. As the eponymous Martin's vision becomes bolder and bolder he walks a haunted line between fantasy and reality, madness and ambition, art and industry, a sense of doom builds piece-by-hypnotic piece until this mesmerizing journey into the heart of an American dreamer reaches its bitter-sweet conclusion.
Editions
Hardcover
from Crown Pub (April 1, 1996)
9780517703199 | details & prices | 293 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $24.00
About: Portrays a businessman at the turn of the century, starting out as a clerk in his father's cigar store, and eventually becoming the proprietor of several hotels, looking at the lessons he learns on his rise to fortune, and after his collapse
About: Portrays a businessman at the turn of the century, starting out as a clerk in his father's cigar store, and eventually becoming the proprietor of several hotels, looking at the lessons he learns on his rise to fortune, and after his collapse
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Vintage Books (April 1, 1997)
9780679781271 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Tells the story of Martin Dressler's rise from bellhop to builder of hotels and his plans to build the Grand Cosmo
About: Tells the story of Martin Dressler's rise from bellhop to builder of hotels and his plans to build the Grand Cosmo
Miscellaneous
from Vintage Books (September 1, 2010)
9780307763860 | details & prices | 304 pages | List price $14.95
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (June 26, 2008)
9781439500484 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.72 lbs | List price $23.00
About: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award FinalistYoung Martin Dressler begins his career as an industrious helper in his father's cigar store.
About: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award FinalistYoung Martin Dressler begins his career as an industrious helper in his father's cigar store.
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