A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West by Frank Norris
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"A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West" by Frank Norris is a collection of short stories published posthumously in 1903. These tales span the American West, from wheat speculation at the Chicago Board of Trade to isolated mining camps in California. The title story follows a Kansas wheat farmer destroyed by economic forces beyond his control, tracing his journey from rural ruin to urban poverty. Through
naturalistic storytelling, Norris exposes the brutal truths underlying everyday life and the stark divisions between social classes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Norris, Frank, 1870-1902 |
|---|---|
| Title | A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deal_in_Wheat_and_Other_Stories_of_the_New_and_Old_West |
| Note | Illustrated by Remington, Leyendecker, Hitchcock and Hooper. |
| Contents | A Deal in Wheat -- The Wife of Chino -- A Bargain with Peg-Leg -- The Passing of Cock-Eye Blacklock -- A Memorandum of Sudden Death -- Two Hearts That Beat as One -- The Dual Personality of Slick Dick Nickerson -- The Ship That Saw a Ghost -- The Ghost in the Crosstrees -- The Riding of Felipe. |
| Credits | Produced by Eric Eldred, Elaine Nash and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Western stories |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 9905 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 2006 |
| Last Update | Dec 27, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 459 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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