People in Society
In The 42nd Parallel, Dos Passos provides several brief and artistic summaries of people whose ideas helped shape, for better and for worse, the developing America. Names have been linked to sites providing biographical information.
Lover of Mankind- Eugene Debs
The Plant Wizard- Luther Burbank
Big Bill- Big Bill Haywood
The Boy Orator of the Platte- William Jennings Bryan
Emperor of the Caribbean- Minor C. Keith
Prince of Peace- Andrew Carnegie
The Electrical Wizard- Thomas Edison
Proteus- Steinmetz
Fighting Bob- La Follette