The Pit A Story of Chicago

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company. Very Good+. 1903. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 9997526740 . This is an unstated 2nd printing of the First Edition, with a mis-spelling on page 250 line 23: Beyound. This book is in Very Good+ condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and nicking to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. The edges of the text block have some toning and darkening. This copy is an unindicated 2nd printing, which was, along with the first and third printings, published before the offical print date (and followed by two more printings in 1903 as well). This book is the second in the "Epic of the Wheat" series, which began with The Octopus and continued with The Wolf. "Although some of his novels remain highly admired, aspects of Norris's work have not fared well with literary critics in the late 20th and early 21st century. As Donald Pizer writes "Frank Norris's racism, which included the most vicious anti-Semitic portrayals in any major work of American literature, has long been an embarrassment to admirers of the vigor and intensity of his best fiction and has also contributed to the decline of his reputation during the past several generations." [23] Other scholars have confirmed Norris's antisemitism. [24][25] Norris's work is often seen as strongly influenced by the scientific racism of the late 19th century, such as that espoused by his professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Joseph LeConte" (from Wikipedia) .