Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford

A cab splashes J. Rufus Wallingford with mud—and he steps into the hotel like a millionaire, though his entire fortune is less than a hundred dollars.

In a bustling America where fortunes seem to wait around every corner, Wallingford arrives with fine clothes, grand confidence, and no clear way to pay for either. His friend Blackie is ready to flee a town that won’t part with a dollar, but Wallingford smells opportunity: a carpet tack covered in matching red cloth could be the making of a company. Edward Lamb is soon drawn toward the scheme, and Wallingford’s gift for selling a dream may prove more powerful than the invention itself. Can his newest “legitimate” proposition turn a handful of dollars into a fortune—or will the town see through him first?

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