Robinson, Solon,  1803-1880 <br/><br/>
Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Corn  Release date is 2011-08-29 
<br/><br/>Produced by David Edwards, Matthew Wheaton and the Online<br/>Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This<br/>book was produced from scanned images of public domain<br/>material from the Google Print project.)  Produced by David Edwards, Matthew Wheaton and the Online<br/>Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This<br/>book was produced from scanned images of public domain<br/>material from the Google Print project.) 
<br/><br/> "Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated" by Solon Robinson is a collection of short stories published in 1854. Originally appearing in the New York Tribune, these tales expose life among New York City's poor in the Five Points neighborhood. The stories sparked a brief but intense cultural phenomenon, inspiring songs and stage adaptations. Yet the book's graphic depictions of poverty, alcoholism, and vice generated fierce controversy, with critics torn between praising its moral message and condemning its explicit content. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Temperance -- Fiction 
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