A Hazard of New Fortunes
by William Dean Howells
“In a city where fortune favors the bold, every ambition carries a hidden cost.”
When the March family leaves the safety of Boston for the electric, unforgiving streets of Gilded Age New York, they find themselves at the heart of a social explosion. Amidst the birth of a new magazine and the heat of violent labor strikes, they must navigate a world where personal ambition collides with a city's struggle for its soul.
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