# Aladdin & Co

> A brisk American novel of enterprise, ambition, and fortune-making in a fast-growing town, told with wit and a keen eye for the schemes of its go-getting characters. A period portrait of boom-time optimism and its hazards.

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## About
The American Midwest at the turn of the century was a place where fortunes could be conjured almost overnight, and this novel takes a knowing look at the boosters, dreamers, and speculators who tried.What it's aboutAladdin & Co. is a novel of business and ambition in a rising American town, following characters caught up in the energy and enterprise of a developing community. It charts the mix of vision, opportunity, and risk that drove the era's rush toward growth and gain.ThemesAmbition and enterprise, the promise and peril of speculation, community and self-interest, and the restless optimism of an expanding country. Prosperity and its illusions sit close together.Why it still mattersStories of boom towns and fortune-seekers illuminate a formative chapter of American life, and this one offers an engaging, period-authentic window onto the spirit of enterprise that built the modern Midwest.Who it's forReaders who enjoy American regional fiction, tales of business and ambition, and the flavour of turn-of-the-century optimism.

Sources and references
Verified references for this edition: Open Library, WorldCat.

## Specifications
- author: Herbert Quick
- publisher: DotBooks
- imprint: DotBooks
- language: en
- binding: Perfect Bound
- pages: 426
- format: paperback
- oclc: 17339398
- openlibrary: OL4965202W