The grafters /
by Francis Lynde ; illustrated by Arthur I. Keller.

Description

Main Author

Lynde, Francis, 1856-1930.

Related Names

Keller, Arthur Ignatius, 1866-1924
Braunworth & Co.
A. Wessels Company

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : A. Wessels, 1906, c1904.

Subjects

Political corruption > Political corruption / Fiction
Great Plains > Great Plains / Fiction.
Signed bindings (Binding) > Signed bindings (Binding) / Richardson > Signed bindings (Binding) / Richardson / 1906.
Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) > Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) / United States > Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) / United States / 1900-1910.
Western fiction.
Fiction

Summary

"A young lawyer, David Kent, takes a job as corporate attorney for the western division of a railway, the Western Pacific. A gang of corrupt politicians takes the governor's office on a populist wave of discontent with the state's eastern-owned railroads. They engineer legislation calling for state regulation of the industry. Then, with the help of a pliable judge, they get Kent's railroad thrown into receivership. The rest of the novel recounts Kent's attempt to recover the railroad and put a stop to the "grafters" of the title. Added motivation comes with his loyalty to one of the railroad's investors, Mrs. Brentwood. He wants to preserve her net worth for the sake of her two daughters, one of whom he has loved ever since a summer dalliance with her some years before"--Buddies in the saddle blog.

Physical Description

408 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

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