Martin Dressler : The Tale of an American Dreamer - Millhauser Steven - 1997

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293 pages. Multiple copies of this title available. Covers have light creasing. Spine is uncreased. Pages are reasonably tanned. Young Martin Dressler begins his career as a 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. His visions grow more and more fantastical as he plans his ultimate creation: the Grand Cosmo, in which he attempts to capture the entire world and its dreams. Accompanied on this journey by two sisters - one a dreamlike shadow, the other a wordly business partner - Martin walks a haunted line between fantasy and reality, madness and ambition, art and industry. The Grand Cosmo is his triumph and his undoing, the bold conclusion to this biography of the twentieth-century notion of progress, this mesmerizing journey to the heart of the American dream. Quantity Available: 2. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0679781277. ISBN/EAN: 9780679781271. Inventory No: 16080225. By: Millhauser Steven Year: 1997 Visit our website to view thousands more products like this and order online at: