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The lure of New York and the truck rider’s tale
An Ohio boy rides freight to New York and tells how the city’s magnet draws millions. The court grants him a chance, and his mother learns the cost of city life. The piece contrasts the dream with a pale, hard reality of subway work and substandard lodging, as New York’s irresistible lure reshapes lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ohio
Metropolis
Chicago
Tailzrald
Bea
Mr. Morgan
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Carnegie
Central Park
Carson City
Trinity Church
Broadway
Nevada
Horseshoe Crescent
Father
Subway
Dispatches
Stage
Italy
Norway
Sweden
Turkey
New York City
Hudson River
Mlb Bangs
Miss Whiton