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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aLawson, Thomas William,
_d1857-1925
245 1 0 _aFriday, the Thirteenth: A Novel
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2005-08-31
508 _aDistributed Proofreaders
520 _a"Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel" by Thomas William Lawson is a financial thriller written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around Jim Randolph, a partner at a prestigious Wall Street banking firm, and his college friend Bob Brownley, who is a passionate and impulsive stock trader. As the tale unfolds against the backdrop of a stock market panic on Friday the 13th, the narrative delves into themes of friendship, ambition, and the darker side of financial speculation, particularly highlighting Bob's reckless nature and its implications for both his career and personal relationships. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Jim, who receives a frantic phone call from his partner Fred Brownley about Bob's erratic behavior on the trading floor. The tension builds as Bob's aggressive trading on that fateful day threatens to trigger a financial disaster. As Jim reflects on their past and the dynamics of their friendship, he becomes increasingly concerned about Bob's mindset, which is rife with gambling impulses that have put them both at risk. The stakes escalate when a mysterious young woman named Beulah Sands enters the picture, presenting both a personal and financial dilemma for Bob, as he becomes emotionally entangled with her while grappling with the consequences of his actions in the volatile world of stock trading. The opening sets the stage for a complex interplay of personal and financial crises that will unfold throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cCopyright, 1906, . Copyright, . Published, February,, 1907
653 _aFinancial crises -- Fiction
653 _aStock exchanges -- United States -- Fiction
653 _aNational banks (United States) -- Fiction
653 _aBanks and banking, International -- Fiction
653 _aBanks and banking, American -- Fiction
700 1 _aIvanowski, Sigismond de,
_d1875-1944
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12345
999 _c53763
_d53763