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Taylor Caldwell's "There was a Time" is a bleak but unsatisfying view of life for the poor in America in the early part of this century. It focuses on the struggle of Frank Clair to rise above his friendless and loveless circumstances to become a successful writer. Despite some promising settings and characters (the hills of Kentucky, the factories and schools of upstate New York, the Depression), and the potential to say something about the big issues of the times such as poor industrial conditions, segregation, anti-British setiment during WWI, the book in the end does nothing except follow the mopings of the protagonist from emotional failure to disappointing moment. The book is also quite sloppily written with some glaring continuity errors. None of the characters which are remotely likeable stay around for long.