Download or read book Best of Times, Worst of Times written by Wendy Martin and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories depicting and analyzing key issues in America's "New Gilded Age", a phrase that embodies the glitz and glamour of one of the wealthiest countries in the world but also suggests the greed, corruption, and inequalities teeming just below the surface.