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""The Net"" is a gripping thriller novel written by Rex E. Beach. The story revolves around a wealthy businessman named Curtis Jadwin who is determined to corner the market on wheat. Jadwin's obsession with making money leads him to take extreme measures, including manipulating... Read Full Overview

The Net is a novel by Rex E. Beach, available in a large print edition. The story follows the life of a man named Terry O'Neil, who is a former boxer turned fisherman in the small town of San Francisco. One day, he saves the life of a wealthy man named Mortimer Judd, who offers... Read Full Overview

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The Net is a novel written by Rex E. Beach. The story is set in the early 1900s and revolves around a young man named Curtis Jadwin who is a successful wheat speculator in Chicago. Jadwin is ambitious and driven, and he is determined to make a fortune in the wheat market. He... Read Full Overview

The Net Rex Beach A beggar appeared beside his stirrup, crying, "I die of hunger, your worship." But the fellow ran with surprising vigor and manifested a degree of endurance quite unexampled in a starving man. A glimpse of these, and then the lights were left behind and they... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 - December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player. He was born in Atwood, Michigan, but moved to Tampa, Florida, with his family where his father was growing fruit trees. Beach was educated at Rollins... Read Full Overview