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Calumet "K" (1904) is a novel by Henry Kitchell Webster and Samuel Merwin. Written as a collaborative effort between the two natives of Evanston, Illinois, Calumet "K" is a story of invention, struggle, and personal redemption. A favorite novel of writer and... Read Full Overview

In Los Angeles in 1926, Ayn Rand met American film maker Cecil B. DeMille, who gave her a job reviewing books for possible film adaptations. Among the titles he gave her was a bestseller about a contractor trying to build a grain elevator outside of Chicago. The novel, Calumet... Read Full Overview

Calumet "K" (1904) is a novel by Henry Kitchell Webster and Samuel Merwin. Written as a collaborative effort between the two natives of Evanston, Illinois, Calumet "K" is a story of invention, struggle, and personal redemption. A favorite novel of writer and... Read Full Overview

"Calumet "K"," by Samuel Merwin and Henry Kitchell Webster, is a captivating novel exploring themes of business, engineering, and construction in early 20th-century Chicago. This literary work delves into the world of grain elevators, offering a unique glimpse into their design... Read Full Overview

"Calumet "K"," by Samuel Merwin and Henry Kitchell Webster, is a captivating novel exploring themes of business, engineering, and construction in early 20th-century Chicago. This literary work delves into the world of grain elevators, offering a unique glimpse into their design... Read Full Overview

The contract for the two million bushel grain elevator, Calumet K, had been let to MacBride & Company, of Minneapolis, in January, but the superstructure was not begun until late in May, and at the end of October it was still far from completion. Ill luck had attended Peterson,... Read Full Overview

This 1901 novel is the story of one man's ingenuity, perseverance and struggle in the construction of a grain elevator, and of his exhilarating triumph. Ayn Rand declared it her favorite novel, and it served inspiration for the heroes of her novel Atlas Shrugged."Calumet 'K'"... Read Full Overview

The contract for the two million bushel grain elevator, Calumet K, had been let to MacBride & Company, of Minneapolis, in January, but the superstructure was not begun until late in May, and at the end of October it was still far from completion. Ill luck had attended Peterson,... Read Full Overview

This 1901 novel is the story of one man's ingenuity, perseverance and struggle in the construction of a grain elevator, and of his exhilarating triumph. Ayn Rand declared it her favorite novel, and it served inspiration for the heroes of her novel Atlas Shrugged."Calumet 'K'"... Read Full Overview

The contract for the two million bushel grain elevator, Calumet K, had been let to MacBride & Company, of Minneapolis, in January, but the superstructure was not begun until late in May, and at the end of October it was still far from completion. Ill luck had attended Peterson,... Read Full Overview

A novel, with several elements of rather unusual interest. A simple, and absorbing tale, that you will not put down willingly until you are finished. Calumet "K"' is a novel that is exciting and absorbing, but not the least bit sensational. The book shows the inner workings of... Read Full Overview