"Children of the Market Place" by Edgar Lee Masters is a story about James Miles, a young man born in London, who seeks to understand himself amidst family secrets and social changes. After the death of his mother at birth and a childhood spent with relatives, James discovers his father has died in America and decides to journey there to receive his inheritance. We are introduced to his complex family history and how the tragic story of his mom and the distant figure of his father shaped him. The journey sees him reflect and form himself as he travels by ship to New York, taking it all in and learning from others about what America means to him as he sees its society and wrestles with the morality of slavery. James's quest soon transforms into a confrontation with his father's history and the difficulties of making a life for himself in a growing America.
Children of the Market Place
By Edgar Lee Masters
A young man crosses the Atlantic to claim his inheritance, only to find himself grappling with his identity and the complexities of a rapidly changing American society.
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About the AuthorEdgar Lee Masters was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Satires, The Great Valley, The Serpent in the Wilderness, An Obscure Tale, The Spleen, Mark Twain: A Portrait, Lincoln: The Man, and Illinois Poems. In all, Masters published twelve plays, twenty-one books of poetry, six novels and six biographies, including those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman.
Edgar Lee Masters was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Satires, The Great Valley, The Serpent in the Wilderness, An Obscure Tale, The Spleen, Mark Twain: A Portrait, Lincoln: The Man, and Illinois Poems. In all, Masters published twelve plays, twenty-one books of poetry, six novels and six biographies, including those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman.
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