Theodore Dreiser 
Twelve Men (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

This collection of twelve narratives was published in 1919, though seven had seen magazine publication previously.  They are portraits of people Dreiser came across in his life who influenced him, ranging from his brother Paul, a noted songwriter, to a tough-as-nails railroad foreman on whose crew a youthful Dreiser had labored.

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