Instead , he 's the kind of writer who can stare at the wall of his house in New Rochelle -LRB- as he did with '' Ragtime '' -RRB- , think about the year the house was built (1906) , follow his thoughts to the local tracks that once brought trolleys from New Rochelle to New York City and wind up with a book featuring Theodore Roosevelt , Scott Joplin , Emma Goldman , Stanford White and Harry Houdini . ''
Emma Goldman
New York City
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Scott Joplin
New York City
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Stanford White
New York City
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New Rochelle
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New Rochelle
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New York City
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Scott Joplin
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Emma Goldman
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Stanford White
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Harry Houdini