Project Gutenberg 2025-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 151 Webster, Henry Kitchell 1875 1932 00003593 The banker and the bear : $b The story of a corner in lard $aUnited States :$bThe Macmillan Company, $c1900. Peter Becker, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) “The Banker and the Bear: The Story of a Corner in Lard” by Henry Kitchell Webster is a novel written in the early 20th century. It appears to center on the world of finance and business intrigue, focusing on family dynamics, ambition, and market speculation. The main character is John Bagsbury, a serious and driven banker seeking to modernize and control his father's old and conservative savings bank, set against a backdrop of personal relationships and rivalries among financiers. The opening of the novel introduces the Bagsbury family and their banking legacy, revealing the emotional rifts and ambitions that drive the characters. We learn about John’s difficult relationship with his father, his departure to another bank under the influence of the speculator Melville Sponley, and his eventual return to fight for control of the family’s institution after his father’s death. The narrative then broadens to include Dick Haselridge, John’s niece, whose arrival brings new perspectives and emotional resonance to the family. Initial chapters depict John’s struggles against a restrictive will, the maneuverings required to gain control of the bank, and the interconnected personal and professional lives of those around him. The story sets the stage for high-stakes business drama, introducing the pivotal figures and motives that will drive the coming conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/bankerandbear00websiala 20240109094302webster 1900 us Reading ease score: 80.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Didactic fiction Social problems -- Fiction Political fiction Bankers -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature Category: Business/Management 459180 2025-07-30T05:10:41.804424 text/html 433780 2025-04-01T05:44:23 text/html 666052 2025-07-30T05:10:50.034375 application/epub+zip 662336 2025-07-30T05:10:43.507406 application/epub+zip 399270 2025-07-30T05:10:42.530502 application/epub+zip 1361734 2025-07-30T05:10:54.340358 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1089180 2025-07-30T05:10:49.144367 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412156 2025-07-30T05:10:40.603456 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 392205 2025-04-01T05:44:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16990 2025-07-30T05:10:54.519370 application/rdf+xml 19675 2025-07-30T05:10:42.827383 image/jpeg 3045 2025-07-30T05:10:42.705403 image/jpeg 975484 2025-07-30T05:10:41.854422 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 en.wikipedia