<span>During the onset of the gold rush and growth of successful western miners, this set the stage for the Gilded Age because it led people to believe that striking it rich quickly through mining for gold would be a foolproof and easy way to make a living for oneself.</span>
Answer:
How could we not, when Maniac Magee finally ends with Maniac simply content that "finally, truly, at long last, someone was calling him home" (46.27). After the miles and miles Maniac's seen-better-days sneakers chewed up, the book ends with him heading home to the place he's been looking for this whole time.
