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Thisextraordinarystoryaboutextraordinaryeolebeginsattheturnofthecentury。ItisaveryAmericanstory—aboutideals,ambition,success,love,andmarriage—thathasitsrootsatatimewhenmanybelievedanythingwasossibleinAmerica。ThestorystartswithanorhanboyofordinarymeanswhousedhisdeterminationandtalenttorealizetheAmericanDreamandmore。
TheorhanboywasWillardDickermanStraightfromOswego,NewYork。HewasseventeenwhenheenteredCornellUniversityin1897。TherewereabouttwothousandstudentsatCornellthen。Theylivedinfraternityhousesorboardedwithfamiliesintown。StraightjoinedDeltaTauDelta,andlivedinthechaterhouseonthecornerofEdgemoorandStewartavenuesduringhisfouryearsatCornell。
StraightenteredtheCollegeofArchitectureatCornell,notbecausehehadhisheartsetonbecominganarchitect,butbecause,withhistalentandinterestindrawing,itseemedalogicalchoice。Hisactivitiesoncamusreflectedthedifferentasectsofhisersonality,asartistic,imaginativebentwithakeensenseonfunandtheambitiontogetthingsdone。Hecontr