e.l. doctorow

     

"The Book of Daniel",<br />"Ragtime"

Trivia about e.l. doctorow

  • This "Ragtime" author's first novel, 1960's "Welcome to Hard Times", was a western
  • This "Ragtime" author's initials stand for Edgar Laurence
  • His novels "Ragtime" & "World's Fair" were both set in NYC before WWII
  • Edgar Laurence...
  • "Bad Man From Bodie" was the British title of this "Ragtime" author's first novel "Welcome To Hard Times"
  • Coalhouse Walker, Jr.,Daniel Lewin,Billy Bathgate
  • American author Edgar Laurence
  • He wrote "World's Fair" & "Billy Bathgate"
  • This novelist chose a quote from Scott Joplin to use as the opening for a 1975 bestseller
  • Houdini, Emma Goldman & Henry Ford are in this writer’s first winner; Dutch Schultz is in his second winner