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In the late 1800’s, western Pennsylvania mostly consisted of two very different groups of people; different as in relation to atmosphere, social class, wealth, and attitudes. Cambor uses vivid descriptions and details to make this contrast. While constantly changing the setting and characters, she has the ability to temporally put the mind in their situations and describe what it was like to be wealthy and successful, or ordinary and simple. She gives us a glimpse of what life was like for Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, or Andrew Mellon, while also creating her own characters with various personalities and lifestyles. It takes a few chapters to get the hang of switching from one character to another, but with Cambor’s talent of using words to paint pictures of the settings, it makes reading the novel a lot easier and much more enjoyable. There are two obvious contrasting settings in the novel; South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club and the main area of Johnstown. Johnstown is an ordinary late 1800’s town, full with ordinary people. Only a handful of the residents are mentioned.
Approximate Word count = 721
Approximate Pages = 2.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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