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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| 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

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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:1912 American novels

Category:Novels set in Pittsburgh

Category:Harper & Brothers books

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