John Barclay grows up in the little Kansas town of Sycamore Ridge in the years after the Civil War, among harness makers, bankers and saloon keepers. Ambitious and clever, he builds a vast grain trust and a fortune, and the novel follows the cost of his success to his family, his friends and his own soul.
A widely read Progressive Era novel by the famous Emporia editor, a portrait of small-town America and the money age. Download the free EPUB.