If you had Wallingford's quick business wit and his skill in converting another man's cash into his own--within the law--would you do it, and take the cash? Probably not. Our gambling spirit runs high, but for most of us stops short--possibly--at a game of cards, or the stock market. The "get-rich-quick" ante is too steep. Yet in America to-day there are plenty of business pirates like Wallingford--pirates who work on Wallingford's recipe--who, together, take hundreds of thousands of dollars from us every year.
Get‐Rich‐Quick Wallingford is a comedy in which J. Rufus Wallingford and his crony Horace “Blackie” Daws are consummate con men. They move from town to town setting up promising businesses, selling stock in the companies by telling the local “boobs” that “There's millions in it!,” then disappearing before the bubble bursts. Get‐Rich‐Quick Wallingford has been adapted to stage and in 1916 was made into a silent film directed by Fred Niblo.
Poor condition but rare book. Harrison Fisher color pastedown cover. Cover wear with bumped and frayed corners. First 32 pages hanging by a tread literally (see photos).
Hardcover: 448 pages - Publisher: A. L. Burt (1908) - Language: English - Product Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
George Randolph Chester (January 27, 1869 – February 26, 1924) was an American writer. He was the author of such popular works such as Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford and "Five Thousand an Hour: How Johnny Gamble won the heiress" that were made into silent films within his lifetime. His most popular series, the humorous "Wallinford" stories -- which originally appeared in the Saturday Evening Post -- featured a con man's misadventures. George M. Cohan adapted the story for stage in 1910. Chester continued Wallingford's adventures in Young Wallingford (1910), Wallingford and Blackie Daw (1913), and Wallingford in His Prime (1913).
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