Poor White

About “Poor White”

In a small town in Ohio, a dreamy, rather stupid 'poor white' boy suddenly becomes a rich and famous inventor. The novel tells the story of the power unleashed by that happenstance—a force that overnight dotted a vast valley with cities, built a network of industry, made quick men rich and fearful men poor—and explores how the forces that twist men made the boy's story a wild and terrible one, bigger than the mere story of one person.