Whether you read it in junior high or watched the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, most know the story of The Great Gatsby, and this Thursday, that classic novel turns 100. Written by Minnesotan F. Scott Fitzgerald, the book depicts New York City in the roaring 20s before the crash of the economy that led to the Great Depression. The novel follows a group of young Americans in varying stages of life who are reveling in the excess of the new Modern Age.