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Theodore Dreiser
His first published novel Sister Carrie had a limited printing because of the controversial subject matter.
During his childhood, Theodore Dreiserās family lived in various small towns throughout Indiana as well as in Chicago. Due to the family's persistent poverty, they moved frequently in search of a lower cost of living.1