The Pit: A Story of Chicago. [Header title: The Epic of the Wheat]
by Norris, Frank
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 5.5"), gilt red cloth. [6], 421 pp. Early owner's ink inscription on flyleaf. First edition, later printing (lacking edition statement and J.J. Little printing device), published February, 1903. The second work in Norris's unfinished trilogy on the wheat industry. Preceded by The Octopus (1901).
CONDITION: Good +, spine slightly cocked, some toning, sound copy.
CONDITION: Good +, spine slightly cocked, some toning, sound copy.
Synopsis
This classic literary critique of turn-of-the-century capitalism in the United States reveals Norris's powerful story of an obsessed trader intent on cornering the wheat market and the consequences of his unchecked greed.
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- James Arsenault & Company (US)
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- Title
- The Pit: A Story of Chicago. [Header title: The Epic of the Wheat]
- Author
- Norris, Frank
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903
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