Project Gutenberg 2022-07-24 Public domain in the USA. 210 Self-made man 1853 1915 Man, Self-Made man, Self-made A corner in corn; or, How a Chicago boy did the trick $aUnited States :$bFrank Tousey Publisher,$c1905. Fame and Fortune Weekly, No. 3, October 20, 1905 David Edwards, SF2001, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Northern Illinois University Digital Library) "A Corner in Corn; or, How a Chicago Boy Did the Trick" by A Self-made Man is a fictional story likely written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers on Vance Thornton, a young man working for a successful speculator, Jared Whitemore, in Chicago. The plot unfolds as Vance embarks on a critical mission to close significant corn options, navigating a world of market manipulation, betrayal, and high-stakes business. At the start of the story, we are introduced to the bustling office of Jared Whitemore, where tension is palpable due to Mr. Vyce, the bookkeeper, harboring ulterior motives against young Vance. With hints of corruption and a planned conspiracy against Whitemore, Vance is unwittingly pushed into a showdown that heightens the stakes of his mission. The initial chapters establish the characters and setting, setting up a clash between ambition, loyalty, and deceit as Vance prepares to step into a world fraught with danger and opportunity amidst the backdrop of the corn market. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20200620183822man 1905 us Reading ease score: 74.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction Dime novels Success -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 237673 2025-07-27T07:55:13.475571 text/html 216429 2024-10-18T23:33:32 text/html 855774 2025-07-27T07:55:19.822542 application/epub+zip 854337 2025-07-27T07:55:15.265608 application/epub+zip 650151 2025-07-27T07:55:14.219582 application/epub+zip 1643452 2025-07-27T07:55:23.043542 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1619314 2025-07-27T07:55:19.008576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1619304 2022-09-30T21:11:01.451211 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 215860 2025-07-27T07:55:12.846619 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 195821 2024-10-18T23:33:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16604 2025-07-27T07:55:23.188543 application/rdf+xml 30433 2025-07-27T07:55:14.505582 image/jpeg 4528 2025-07-27T07:55:14.358566 image/jpeg 2332029 2025-07-27T07:55:13.515590 application/octet-stream application/zip 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