productivity. In reference to the novel, John Schyler Moore explains how his grandmother has changed every oil lamp in the house to electric light bulbs but one. In addition, Moore utilizes the telephone to gain access of important data that aids in the capture of the serial killer. This proves that from 1877 to 1917 the U.S. was transformed from an agrarian nation to an industrial one.
             In the rise of urban America, brought on by new technology, the novel describes a vista of New York City in a race of supply and demand of city and social organizations to match the rapid increase of immigrants migrating into the city seeking jobs in rapid growing American industrial businesses. In early 1900's
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