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Title: The Rat Racket

Note: Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.

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Summary: "The Rat Racket" by David H. Keller, M.D. is a thrilling story that falls within the realm of crime fiction, likely written in the early 20th century. The plot centers around the alarming rise of racketeering through a bizarre and destructive method involving rats, threatening various businesses in a bustling metropolis. With Keller's clever narrative, the book explores themes of corruption, fear, and the unexpected consequences of a criminal underworld. The storyline unfolds through the experiences of Richard Moyer and Paul Perkins, owners of a grocery business besieged by a racketeering gang demanding payment for "protection" from rats. As the menace grows, they find themselves ensnared in a web of fear and financial extortion, leading to devastating consequences for their city and its citizens. The arrival of the enigmatic Winifred Willowby offers a glimmer of hope, as he devises a plan to combat the rat-induced havoc. However, the plan's execution leads to an unexpected and chaotic culmination at a gathering of gangsters, resulting in a dramatic turn of events that underscores the story's chilling warning about the depths of human greed and the perils of underestimating one’s adversaries. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Keller, David H. (David Henry), 1880-1966

Illustrator: Kotzky, Alex, 1923-1996

EBook No.: 26890

Published: Oct 12, 2008

Downloads: 104

Language: English

Subject: Short stories

Subject: Gangsters -- Fiction

Subject: Rats -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:26890:2 2008-10-12T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Kotzky, Alex Keller, David H. (David Henry) en 1
2024-11-05T12:47:55Z The Rat Racket

This edition has images.

Title: The Rat Racket

Note: Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Credits: Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net

Summary: "The Rat Racket" by David H. Keller, M.D. is a thrilling story that falls within the realm of crime fiction, likely written in the early 20th century. The plot centers around the alarming rise of racketeering through a bizarre and destructive method involving rats, threatening various businesses in a bustling metropolis. With Keller's clever narrative, the book explores themes of corruption, fear, and the unexpected consequences of a criminal underworld. The storyline unfolds through the experiences of Richard Moyer and Paul Perkins, owners of a grocery business besieged by a racketeering gang demanding payment for "protection" from rats. As the menace grows, they find themselves ensnared in a web of fear and financial extortion, leading to devastating consequences for their city and its citizens. The arrival of the enigmatic Winifred Willowby offers a glimmer of hope, as he devises a plan to combat the rat-induced havoc. However, the plan's execution leads to an unexpected and chaotic culmination at a gathering of gangsters, resulting in a dramatic turn of events that underscores the story's chilling warning about the depths of human greed and the perils of underestimating one’s adversaries. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Keller, David H. (David Henry), 1880-1966

Illustrator: Kotzky, Alex, 1923-1996

EBook No.: 26890

Published: Oct 12, 2008

Downloads: 104

Language: English

Subject: Short stories

Subject: Gangsters -- Fiction

Subject: Rats -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:26890:3 2008-10-12T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Kotzky, Alex Keller, David H. (David Henry) en 1