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A model town at war with itself . . . George Pullman created an ideal community for his railroad car workers, complete with every amenity they could want or need. But when hard economic times hit in 1894, lay-offs follow and the workers can no longer pay their rent or buy food at the company store. Starving and desperate, they turn against their once benevolent employer. Emily Cabot and her friend Dr. Stephen Chapman bring much needed food and medical supplies to the town, hoping they can meet the immediate needs of the workers and keep them from resorting to violence. But when one young ...

Set in 1892 to 1894. Books 1 to 4 takes University of Chicago lecturer Emily Cabot to the World's Columbian Exposition, to work a the famous Chicago settlement Hull House, to the Town of Pullman during the famous strike and to the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. During their adventures, Emily and her mentor Detective Henry Whitbread meet real historical characters like Ida B. Wells, Jane Addams, Florence Kelly, George Pullman and Eugene V. Debs.