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I was born in London on the eighteenth of June, 1815. The battle of Waterloo was being fought as I entered this world. Thousands were giving up their lives at the moment that life was being bestowed upon me. My father was in that great battle. Would he ever return? My mother... Read Full Overview

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""Children of the Market Place"" is a novel written by Edgar Lee Masters. The story revolves around the lives of children who grow up in a small town in Illinois during the late 19th century. The children are from different social classes and backgrounds, but they all share a... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

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""Children of the Market Place"" is a novel by Edgar Lee Masters that explores the lives of a group of young people growing up in the small town of Spoon River. The novel follows the lives of these children as they navigate the challenges of growing up in a world that is constantly... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950) 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:... Read Full Overview

Children of the Market Place, is many of the old classic books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce and very expensive antique. So that this work is never forgotten we republish these books in high quality, using the... Read Full Overview

Excerpt: ...flesh for itself and the surrounding country. Lottery tickets were openly sold. Negroes thronged the streets. They were the domestic servants, the laborers, the hackmen. A raggedness, a poverty, a shiftlessness, characterized external Washington. Washington was not... Read Full Overview

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Children of the Market Place By Edgar Lee Masters