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The Spenders: A Tale of the Third Generation
By Harry Leon Wilson
Length13h 11m
About this audiobook
A clash of generations erupts when a rugged, self-made pioneer watches his wealthy descendants squander their inheritance in high-society New York. Disgusted by their soft, aristocratic pretensions, the tough old patriarch leaves his Western ranch to teach his pampered grandson a harsh lesson in reality. What follows is a dynamic battle of wills between the grit that built a fortune and the decadence threatening to destroy it. This sharp, engaging social commentary contrasts the raw energy of the frontier with the gilded cage of eastern aristocracy. Witness a fierce family reckoning where money talks, but true character roars.
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GenreAction and Adventure
Length13 hrs 11 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 8, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I.
2The Second Generation is Removed
3CHAPTER II.: How the First Generation Once Righted Itself
4CHAPTER III.: Billy Brue Finds His Man
5CHAPTER IV.: The West Against the East
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6CHAPTER V.: Over the Hills
7CHAPTER VI.: A Meeting and a Clashing
8CHAPTER VII.: The Rapid-fire Lorgnon Is Spiked
9CHAPTER VIII.: Up Skiplap Canon
10CHAPTER IX.: Three Letters, Private and Confidential
11CHAPTER X.: The Price of Averting a Scandal
12CHAPTER XI.: How Uncle Peter Bines Once Cut Loose
13CHAPTER XII.: Plans for the Journey East
14CHAPTER XIII.: The Argonauts Return to the Rising Sun
15CHAPTER XIV.: Mr. Higbee Communicates Some Valuable Information
16CHAPTER XV.: Some Light With a Few Side-lights
17CHAPTER XVI.: With the Barbaric Hosts
18CHAPTER XVII.: The Patricians Entertain
19CHAPTER XVIII.: The Course of True Love at a House Party
20CHAPTER XIX.: An Afternoon Stroll and an Evening Catastrophe
21CHAPTER XX.: Doctor Von Herzlich Expounds the Hightower Hotel and Certain Allied Phenomena
22CHAPTER XXI.: The Diversions of a Young Multi-millionaire
23CHAPTER XXII.: The Distressing Adventure of Mrs. Bines
24CHAPTER XXIII.: The Summer Campaign Is Planned
25CHAPTER XXIV.: The Sight of a New Beauty, and Some Advice from Higbee
26CHAPTER XXV.: Horace Milbrey Upholds the Dignity of His House
27CHAPTER XXVI.: A Hot Day in New York, with News of an Interesting Marriage
28CHAPTER XXVII.: A Sensational Turn in the Milbrey Fortunes
29CHAPTER XXVIII.: Uncle Peter Bines Comes to Town With His Man
30CHAPTER XXIX.: Uncle Peter Bines Threatens to Raise Something
31CHAPTER XXX.: Uncle Peter Inspires His Grandson to Worthy Ambitions
32CHAPTER XXXI.: Concerning Consolidated Copper and Peter Bines as Matchmakers
33CHAPTER XXXII.: Devotion to Business and a Chance Meeting
34CHAPTER XXXIII.: The Amateur Napoleon of Wall Street
35CHAPTER XXXIV.: How the Chinook Came to Wall Street
36CHAPTER XXXV.: The News Broken, Whereupon an Engagement is Broken
37CHAPTER XXXVI.: The God in the Machine
38CHAPTER XXXVII.: The Departure of Uncle Peter—And Some German Philosophy
39CHAPTER XXXVIII.: Some Phenomena Peculiar to Spring
40CHAPTER XXXIX.: An Unusual Plan of Action Is Matured
41CHAPTER XL.: Some Rude Behaviour, of Which Only a Western Man Could Be Guilty
42CHAPTER XLI.: The New Argonauts
43THE END.
44IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
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