Dreamland (Kevin Baker)
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Dreamland (Kevin Baker)
| Full title | Dreamland |
|---|---|
| Author | Kevin Baker |
| Published | 1999 |
| Pages | 588 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Kevin Baker’s novel of Lower East Side New York at the turn of the twentieth century — Coney Island sideshows, Tammany politics, sweatshops and the Triangle fire — and the first book of his “City of Fire” trilogy. |
Dreamland (Kevin Baker)
Where I heard about it
- A crowd-sourced X thread — in the replies to @moseskagan asking “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” (the thread, April 2025); the full list is on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
About this edition
The recommendation named the whole “City of Fire” trilogy, so this card stands for the sequence, entered through its first volume. It continues with Paradise Alley (2002) and Strivers Row (2006).
Connections
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- City Building — the portfolio idea this sits closest to: a novel about a city being physically and politically assembled.
- Historical Fiction — the genre the thread was asking about.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.