The Pit : A Story of Chicago

"The Pit" details wheat speculation and the trading pits at the Chicago Board of Trade Building. This was originally written as the second volume in a planned trilogy; the first book is "The Octopus : A Story of California". The planned third book was never written. In any case, although part of a trilogy, each book is independent and not connected to the other volumes - the only connection is that all three books were to deal with different aspects of the wheat growing cycle. "The Pit" deals with the rough and tumble world of the commodity trading pits.