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Calumet 'K' emerges as a fascinating exploration of American ambition and industrial determination at the turn of the 20th century. This anthology juxtaposes varying literary styles that capture the spirit of innovation and the challenges of modernism during a pivotal era. Rich in narrative diversity, the collection offers tales of enterprise and the human spirit's relentless pursuit of progress. The inclusion of stories that epitomize the grit and ingenuity prevalent in industrial America highlights the thematic core of ambition and innovation, providing readers with a profound understanding of these formative years. Henry Kitchell Webster and Samuel Merwin, the anthology's primary authors,...
Reproduction of the original: The Short Line War by Samuel Merwin
Reproduction of the original: The Merry Anne by Samuel Merwin
The story of an attempt by the "C. & S. C." railway, a trunk line from Chicago to the West, to seize illegally the "M. & T.", the short line.
PROLOGUE—The Young Man at the Stern A THICK, wet night on the southwest coast of Lake Michigan a dozen years ago; a wind that sweeps over the pitching lake and on over the dim white beach with a rush that whirls the sand up and away. Trees are bending up there on the bluff. The sand and the rain are in the air—or do we feel the spray from yonder line of breakers, a hundred yards away? And deep in a mudhole on the lonely road that skirts the bluff—the four horses, fetlock-deep in the sticky clay, straining forward like heroes, the members of the student crew in their oilskins throwing their weight on the wheels of the truck—is the Evanston surf-boat. The driver has pulled his sou'west...
A 1997 bibliography of American fiction from 1901-1925.