Aladdin & Co.: A Romance of Yankee Magic

A partner narrates how a resourceful entrepreneur and his associates transform an obscure western village into a booming town through speculation, civic projects, and financial schemes. The account follows their accumulation of wealth, the public works and private maneuvers that sustain the boom, and the new obligations and tensions that prosperity produces. Personal relationships—friendship, courtship, and rivalry—become entangled with business decisions and affect fortunes. The narrator documents legal disputes and moral conflicts, leading to a series of confrontations that settle the syndicate’s affairs and leave the community poised for an uncertain but renewed future.