Norris, Frank. PIT. A Story of Chicago (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903) First edition. 8vo, publisherÕs original red cloth beautifully lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and upper cover. (8), 421. A fine copy, unusually fresh, clean and beautifully preserved. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. This, a fictitious narrative of a deal in the Chicago wheat pit, is the second volume in Norris' projected trilogy, ÔThe Epic of the WheatÕ. Tracing wheat from growth to consumption, this second volume looks at the Chicago Wheat Exchange. The third volume, THE WOLF, had not been written when Norris succumbed to illness. About his writing, the best type of novel, according to Norris, "proves something, draws conclusions from a whole congeries of forces, social tendencies, race impulses, devotes itself not to a study of men but of man." Price: USD 195.00 other currencies   order no. 13109    inquire

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