A game da lokaci guda, Stephen Crane (1871<unk>1900), wanda aka fi sani da littafinsa na yakin basasa The Red Badge of Courage, ya nuna rayuwar masu karuwanci na New York City a Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. Kuma a cikin Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser (1871<unk>1945) ya nuna yarinyar da ke motsawa zuwa Chicago kuma ya zama mace mai kiyayewa. Hamlin Garland da Frank Norris sun rubuta game da matsalolin manoma na Amurka da sauran al'amuran zamantakewa daga hangen nesa. Tambaya: Yaushe aka haifi Stephen Crane?
Shekara ta 1871