# Color of a Great City

An audiobook by Theodore Dreiser, read by LibriVox volunteers (8 h 36 min, English).

Theodore Dreiser was highly acclaimed for his novels and other writing. This non-fiction work takes place in many areas of New York City in the early 20th Century. Dreiser writes of lives packed into cramped tenements, of the likely end, but perhaps not, of an affair, of those who guided ships through turbulent waters, and of life in a home for retired seamen. We're taken to the new subways where track workers risked deadly accidents as they struggled to earn a living. Animal slaughter, the glory and heartbreak of song-writing, the shabby "sandwich man", deadly jealousy in Little Italy, and much more is vividly brought to life by this brilliant author. (Summary by Lee Smalley)

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## Chapters

0. Foreword (12:54): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_00_dreiser_64kb.mp3
1. The City of My Dreams (8:09): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_01_dreiser_64kb.mp3
2. The City Awakes (5:59): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_02_dreiser_64kb.mp3
3. The Waterfront (9:49): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_03_dreiser_64kb.mp3
4. The Log of a Harbor Pilot (33:14): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_04_dreiser_64kb.mp3
5. Bums (17:29): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_05_dreiser_64kb.mp3
6. The Michael J. Powers Association (18:30): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_06_dreiser_64kb.mp3
7. The Fire (20:38): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_07_dreiser_64kb.mp3
8. The Car Yard (10:27): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_08_dreiser_64kb.mp3
9. The Flight of Pigeons (5:17): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_09_dreiser_64kb.mp3
10. On Being Poor (9:56): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_10_dreiser_64kb.mp3
11. Six O’clock (7:53): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_11_dreiser_64kb.mp3
12. The Toilers of the Tenements (27:00): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_12_dreiser_64kb.mp3
13. The End of a Vacation (6:02): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_13_dreiser_64kb.mp3
14. The Track Walker (5:45): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_14_dreiser_64kb.mp3
15. The Realization of an Ideal (6:01): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_15_dreiser_64kb.mp3
16. The Pushcart Man (12:35): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_16_dreiser_64kb.mp3
17. A Vanished Seaside Resort (18:03): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_17_dreiser_64kb.mp3
18. The Bread-Line (7:06): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_18_dreiser_64kb.mp3
19. Our Red Slayer (7:50): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_19_dreiser_64kb.mp3
20. Whence the Song (32:54): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_20_dreiser_64kb.mp3
21. Characters (23:48): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_21_dreiser_64kb.mp3
22. The Beauty of Life (5:42): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_22_dreiser_64kb.mp3
23. A Wayplace of the Fallen (20:24): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_23_dreiser_64kb.mp3
24. Hell’s Kitchen (25:34): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_24_dreiser_64kb.mp3
25. A Certain Oil Refinery (13:17): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_25_dreiser_64kb.mp3
26. The Bowery Mission (15:38): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_26_dreiser_64kb.mp3
27. The Wonder of the Water (5:05): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_27_dreiser_64kb.mp3
28. The Man on the Bench (8:23): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_28_dreiser_64kb.mp3
29. The Men in the Dark (10:14): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_29_dreiser_64kb.mp3
30. The Men in the Storm (4:22): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_30_dreiser_64kb.mp3
31. The Men in the Snow (8:41): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_31_dreiser_64kb.mp3
32. The Freshness of the Universe (5:57): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_32_dreiser_64kb.mp3
33. The Cradle of Tears (4:04): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_33_dreiser_64kb.mp3
34. When the Sails Are Furled (29:55): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_34_dreiser_64kb.mp3
35. The Sandwich Man (13:16): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_35_dreiser_64kb.mp3
36. The Love Affairs of Little Italy (15:03): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_36_dreiser_64kb.mp3
37. Christmas in the Tenements (16:00): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_37_dreiser_64kb.mp3
38. The Rivers of the Nameless Dead (6:50): https://archive.org/download/color_great_city_ls_2210_librivox/colorofagreatcity_38_dreiser_64kb.mp3