{"product_id":"the-pit","title":"The Pit: A Story of Chicago","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Doubleday, Page \u0026amp; Co., 1903. First edition, first printing. Publisher's full red cloth, \u003cspan\u003eillustratively\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stamped and ruled in gilt. Octavo. 421. Missing ffep, lightly pressed corners, moderate edge-wear, cloth starting at corner tips, previous owner name in pen on front paste-down, still a very good copy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In his last book and his greatest book, 'The Pit,' he writes as one more inspired--and purely in his own vivid, dramatic and intense way.\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Courier-Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, Jan. 1903) \u003cspan\u003eThe Pit, published posthumously just a year after Frank Norris' unexpected death at the age of 32, was the second book of a planned trilogy titled The Epic of the Wheat. \"These novels, while forming a series, will be in no way connected with each other save only in their relation to (1) the production, (2) the distribution, (3) the consumption of American wheat. [...] 'The Pit,' is the fictitious narrative of a 'deal' in the Chicago wheat pit\" (prefatory note). The third and final book, The Wolf, was never started.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59654849036574,"sku":"UN-0002","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2810.jpg?v=1785273531","url":"https:\/\/uncialrarebooks.com\/products\/the-pit","provider":"UNCIAL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}