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Web of the City
''Web of the City'' (originally published as ''Rumble'') is the first novel written by American author Harlan Ellison. The novel follows the story of Rusty Santoro, a teenage member of the fictional Cougars street gang in the 1950s Brooklyn, New York. In order to research the book, Ellison spent time in an actual street gang in Brooklyn.
==Background==
In 1954, Harlan Ellison — inspired by the juvenile delinquency-themed novels of Hal Ellson〔(alt.fan.harlan-ellison FAQ, Version: 1.5 ), compiled by James Shearhart and Rick Wyatt, with direct consultation of Harlan Ellison; at HarlanEllison.com; last modified November 26, 1995; retrieved July 12, 2014〕 〔(Harlan Ellison: The Edge of Forever ), by Ellen Weil and Gary K. Wolfe, published 2002 by Ohio State University Press (via Google Books)〕 — decided to research and write a novel about the teenage street gangs of Brooklyn. Before writing the novel, Ellison became a member of the Brooklyn gang ''The Barons'' under an assumed name. The gang's territory was in Red Hook, considered to be one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Brooklyn. He acted as war counselor for the gang for ten weeks before leaving.
After leaving the street gang, Ellison went to Basic Training at Fort Benning, Georgia to begin his military service. The bulk of the novel was written during his spare time at the camp between mid-1956 and March 1957. Ellison has claimed he wrote most of it while sitting in the toilet with a board on his lap and his typewriter atop the board. The book was originally bought by Walter Fultz, an editor at the small independent publishing company Lion Books. The company went out of business before it could publish ''Web of the City'', so the book was sold to Pyramid Books. Pyramid changed the name to ''Rumble'' and published it in 1958, while Ellison was a Private in the army. The first Ellison knew of the title change was when he received a copy of the book (with other volumes) to review.〔Introduction to book〕
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