Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2011-08-09 Public domain in the USA. 306 Chester, George Randolph 1869 1924 Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford A Cheerful Account of the Rise and Fall of an American Business Buccaneer Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get-Rich-Quick_Wallingford Produced by Roger Frank, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" by George Randolph Chester is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story focuses on J. Rufus Wallingford, an enterprising and somewhat shady businessman, as he navigates the complexities of launching the "Universal Covered Carpet Tack Company" with the hopes of striking it rich through clever, albeit dubious, marketing and inventions. The book highlights themes of ambition, deception, and the pursuit of wealth in the American entrepreneurial spirit. The opening of the novel introduces us to Wallingford and his friend Edward Lamb, setting the scene outside a hotel where they are splashed with mud by a passing cab. Wallingford's flashy demeanor and charisma quickly draw Lamb's attention, and it becomes clear that he is a man of grand ideas, regardless of his actual financial situation, which is precarious at best. Engaged in conversation, Wallingford tells Lamb of his brilliant invention of covered carpet tacks, a simple product that he believes will yield immense profits. As Wallingford recruits Lamb as his secretary, it becomes evident that he is scheming to manipulate those around him, enticing them with dreams of wealth while concealingshis lack of actual capital. This dramatic tension sets the stage for the unfolding story of ambition, invention, and the risks of seeking quick wealth in a modern world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction Businessmen -- Fiction PS Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: American Literature 580820 2025-08-15T06:12:53.877503 text/html 587832 2011-08-09T14:39:46 text/html 689279 2025-08-15T06:13:04.530478 application/epub+zip 690033 2025-08-15T06:12:57.722519 application/epub+zip 302166 2025-08-15T06:12:56.065500 application/epub+zip 929265 2025-08-15T06:13:09.648437 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 876319 2025-08-15T06:13:03.369481 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399762 2022-09-17T04:37:55.541759 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533667 2025-08-15T06:12:52.801538 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 533593 2011-08-09T14:39:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 533584 2011-08-09T14:39:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21156 2025-08-15T06:13:09.785425 application/rdf+xml 13668 2025-08-15T06:12:56.582578 image/jpeg 3510 2025-08-15T06:12:56.322493 image/jpeg 204464 2011-08-09T14:39:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 566796 2011-08-09T14:39:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 204415 2011-08-09T14:39:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 653315 2025-08-15T06:12:53.934513 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia