The following links are meant to help initiate any research you would like to do on the authors or works that we are studying throughout this unit.  Please don't feel that you are confined to these sites for your research, but rather look for more information through search engines and other methods.

http://www.nytimes.com/specials/ragtime/
This site provides the first chapter of Ragtime plus a 12 minute audio file of Doctorow reading this chapter.  Also included are  various resources on the musical including a New York Times Review of the musical and audio clips from a performance.
 

http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/
This is a great resource that will give both students and teachers information about the tenements in New York City during the Progressive Era.  This site is particularly well matched with Riis' How the Other Half Lives .
 

http://www4.gvsu.edu/books/archive/ragtime/eldinterview.htm
This site provides you with the transcript of a candid interview with Doctorow .
 

http://www4.gvsu.edu/books/archive/ragtime/doctorow.htm
This is a short but informative page offering biographical info about Doctorow .