This 1873 novel, set in a fictional Minnesota town during a real-estate bubble, describes the carving up of the American frontier by the sharp speculators who helped to usher in the Gilded Age. The story of greed and deception is both timely and timeless.
Über den Autor
Edward Eggleston (1837-1902) was an American novelist and historian. A pioneering regionalist and realist who is most closely identified with Indiana, his best-known novels include
The Hoosier School-Master (1871),
The End of the World (1872), and
The Circuit Rider (1874). His most notable histories are
Beginners of a Nation (1896) and
Transit of Civilization from England to America (1900).
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Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● Seiten 324 ● ISBN 9781411444942 ● Dateigröße 0.3 MB ● Alter 99-17 Jahre ● Verlag Barnes & Noble ● Erscheinungsjahr 2011 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 5863211 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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