The novel opens on Easter Sunday 1894 in Massillon, Ohio, as Coxey’s Army sets out for Washington in the depth of the money panic. Among the onlookers is Henry Galt, a silent, driven young man who will rise to seize control of a great railroad, battle bankers and antitrust prosecutors, and change the nation’s economic life.
A 1922 novel of American capitalism, often cited as an influence on Ayn Rand’s John Galt. Download the free EPUB.