A poor Tennessee family to get rich by finding the right time to sell the 75,000 acres of unimproved land acquired by their patriarch, Silas "Si" Hawkins. Meanwhile in a parallel story two young upper-class men, Philip Sterling and Henry Brierly, seek their fortunes in land a different way.
The Gilded Age
โ Scribed by Twain, Mark; Warner, Charles Dudley
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 6 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1420930109
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โฆ Synopsis
Review
Introduction by Ron Powers includes newly commissioned endnotes.
Product Description
Introduction by Ron Powers
Includes Newly Commissioned Endnotes
Arguably the first major American novel to satirize the political milieu of Washington, D.C. and the wild speculation schemes that exploded across the nation in the years that followed the Civil War, The Gilded Age gave this remarkable era its name. Co-written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, this rollicking novel is rife with unscrupulous politicians, colorful plutocrats, and blindly optimistic speculators caught up in a frenzy of romance, murder, and surefire deals gone bust. First published in 1873 and filled with unforgettable characters such as the vainglorious Colonel Sellers and the ruthless Senator Dilsworthy, The Gilded Age is a hilarious and instructive lesson in American history.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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