''The Olympian: A Story of the City'' is a novel by the American writer James Oppenheim (1882–1932) set in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It tells the

Horatio Alger Horatio Alger Jr. (; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through good works. His wri ...

story of Kirby Trask, who rises from the working-class to become a steel magnate.

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* 1912 American novels Novels set in Pittsburgh Harper & Brothers books {{1910s-novel-stub