The Olympian (novel)
{{short description|1912 novel by James Oppenheim}}
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| name = The Olympian: A Story of the City
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| caption = First edition
| author = James Oppenheim
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| country = United States
| language = English
| genre = Novel
| publisher = Harper and Brothers
| release_date = 1912
| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = 417
| oclc = 3715121
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The Olympian: A Story of the City is a novel by the American writer James Oppenheim (1882–1932) set in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
It tells the Horatio Alger story of Kirby Trask, who rises from the working-class to become a steel magnate.
References
- {{cite book | author=Hanna, Archibald | title=A Mirror for the Nation: An Annotated Bibliography of American Social Fiction, 1901-1950 | location=New York | publisher=Garland Publishing, Inc.| year=1985 | isbn=0-8240-8727-5}}
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Category:Novels set in Pittsburgh
Category:Harper & Brothers books
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