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One of the best examples of a new and distinctly American class of fiction—the kind which finds romance and even sensational excitement in business, politics, finance and law. The Outlook

Its sweeping sentences fire the blood like new wine. Boston Post

Telephone, telegraph, locomotive, skirl, click, thunder through the pages in a way unprecedented in fiction. It is an amazingly modern book. New York Times

Virile, with the rugged strength of the West, The Grafters is like the current of a deep river, vigorous and forceful. Louisville Courier-Journal