In rough-and-tumble Chicago, honest, idealistic Charlie Bannon finds he needs all his intelligence, drive, and negotiating skills to build a modern grain elevator and a suspension bridge. In his way are greedy stockbrokers and mediocre, shortsighted opponents. Ayn Rand (author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead) called this 1901 book one of her favorite novels.
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Samuel Merwin, Sr. (1874-1936) was an Illinois-born playwright. Working as the editor of Success magazine, Merwin traveled to China to study the opium trade. He wrote The Trufflers, Anthony the Absolute, Lady Can Do, and Bad Penny. Merwin collaborated with Chicagoan Henry Kitchell Webster (1875-1932) on The Short Line War and Comrade John. Webster also wrote The Real Adventure, A King in Khaki, and The Banker and the Bear: The Story of a Corner in Lard.