The Color of a Great City Author:Theodore Dreiser 1923. American author, outstanding representative of naturalism, whose novels depict real-life subjects in a harsh light. Dreiser's books were held to be amoral, and he battled throughout his career against censorship and popular taste. In the stories in The Color of a Great City, Dreiser returns the reader to turn-of-the-century New York throug... more »h his early memories and sketches of the city. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.« less