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Title: The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life
Note: There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #14204
Credits: Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life" by Charles Klein and Arthur Hornblow is a novel written in the early 20th century during a time of significant economic and social turbulence in America. The story delves into the life of John Burkett Ryder, a powerful and wealthy railroad magnate whose unscrupulous methods and obsession with wealth come into conflict with the ideals of honesty and morality represented by Judge Rossmore. The opening of the novel sets the stage in the bustling offices of the Southern and Transcontinental Railroad Company, capturing the tension as directors prepare for a crucial meeting. Their fears are focused on a legal injunction affecting the railroad's operations, a situation exacerbated by Ryder's increasingly corrupt tactics and the unyielding integrity of Judge Rossmore. Key characters are introduced, including Ryder, alongside his son Jefferson, who ultimately diverges from his father's unethical business practices to seek a different path, illustrating the generational conflict over morality and the cost of wealth. The complexity of their relationships and the rich backdrop of early 20th-century capitalism provide a gripping narrative as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 72.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Klein, Charles, 1867-1915
Author: Hornblow, Arthur, 1865-1942
EBook No.: 5119
Published: Feb 1, 2004
Downloads: 142
Language: English
Subject: Revenge -- Fiction
Subject: Love stories
Subject: Children of the rich -- Fiction
Subject: Women authors -- Fiction
Subject: Capitalists and financiers -- Fiction
Subject: United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918 -- Fiction
Subject: Supreme Court justices -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life
Note: There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #14204
Credits: Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life" by Charles Klein and Arthur Hornblow is a novel written in the early 20th century during a time of significant economic and social turbulence in America. The story delves into the life of John Burkett Ryder, a powerful and wealthy railroad magnate whose unscrupulous methods and obsession with wealth come into conflict with the ideals of honesty and morality represented by Judge Rossmore. The opening of the novel sets the stage in the bustling offices of the Southern and Transcontinental Railroad Company, capturing the tension as directors prepare for a crucial meeting. Their fears are focused on a legal injunction affecting the railroad's operations, a situation exacerbated by Ryder's increasingly corrupt tactics and the unyielding integrity of Judge Rossmore. Key characters are introduced, including Ryder, alongside his son Jefferson, who ultimately diverges from his father's unethical business practices to seek a different path, illustrating the generational conflict over morality and the cost of wealth. The complexity of their relationships and the rich backdrop of early 20th-century capitalism provide a gripping narrative as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 72.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Klein, Charles, 1867-1915
Author: Hornblow, Arthur, 1865-1942
EBook No.: 5119
Published: Feb 1, 2004
Downloads: 142
Language: English
Subject: Revenge -- Fiction
Subject: Love stories
Subject: Children of the rich -- Fiction
Subject: Women authors -- Fiction
Subject: Capitalists and financiers -- Fiction
Subject: United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918 -- Fiction
Subject: Supreme Court justices -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.