Project Gutenberg 2011-08-09 Public domain in the USA. 158 Chester, George Randolph 1869 1924 Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford A Cheerful Account of the Rise and Fall of an American Business Buccaneer Produced by Roger Frank, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" by George Randolph Chester is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story focuses on J. Rufus Wallingford, an enterprising and somewhat shady businessman, as he navigates the complexities of launching the "Universal Covered Carpet Tack Company" with the hopes of striking it rich through clever, albeit dubious, marketing and inventions. The book highlights themes of ambition, deception, and the pursuit of wealth in the American entrepreneurial spirit. The opening of the novel introduces us to Wallingford and his friend Edward Lamb, setting the scene outside a hotel where they are splashed with mud by a passing cab. Wallingford's flashy demeanor and charisma quickly draw Lamb's attention, and it becomes clear that he is a man of grand ideas, regardless of his actual financial situation, which is precarious at best. Engaged in conversation, Wallingford tells Lamb of his brilliant invention of covered carpet tacks, a simple product that he believes will yield immense profits. As Wallingford recruits Lamb as his secretary, it becomes evident that he is scheming to manipulate those around him, enticing them with dreams of wealth while concealingshis lack of actual capital. This dramatic tension sets the stage for the unfolding story of ambition, invention, and the risks of seeking quick wealth in a modern world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction Businessmen -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Business/Management Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 580688 580674 2024-09-15T14:13:25.363657 2023-09-16T07:36:44.525203 text/html text/html 587832 2011-08-09T14:39:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 566796 2011-08-09T14:39:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 663027 2024-09-15T14:13:34.845602 application/epub+zip 664031 2024-09-15T14:13:27.502662 application/epub+zip 302618 2024-09-15T14:13:26.294651 application/epub+zip 889441 2024-09-15T14:13:40.319610 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 836463 2024-09-15T14:13:33.631625 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399762 2022-09-17T04:37:55.541759 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533667 533571 2024-09-15T14:13:24.058651 2023-09-16T07:36:43.313193 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 533593 2011-08-09T14:39:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 204464 2011-08-09T14:39:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 533584 2011-08-09T14:39:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 204415 2011-08-09T14:39:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21022 2024-09-15T14:13:40.455640 application/rdf+xml 13636 2024-09-15T14:13:26.666643 image/jpeg 3520 2024-09-15T14:13:26.479665 image/jpeg 628467 2024-09-15T14:13:25.424646 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia