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""The World For Sale"" is a novel written by Gilbert Parker that tells the story of an ambitious young man named Gaston, who leaves his small hometown in Canada to seek his fortune in the wider world. Through a series of adventures and misadventures, Gaston rises to become a successful businessman, traveling the globe and making deals that shape the course of history. Along the way, he encounters a cast of colorful characters, including a beautiful Russian princess, a scheming financier, and a ruthless pirate. As Gaston's wealth and power grow, he must confront the moral and ethical dilemmas that come with his success, and decide whether he is willing to sacrifice his principles for the sake of his ambition. With its sweeping scope, vivid characters, and themes of love, greed, and redemption, ""The World For Sale"" is a timeless tale of the human quest for power and meaning in a rapidly changing world.The woman nodded wearily and went on. ""For all of ten days I had been alone, except for the cattlemen camping a mile away and an old Indian helper who slept in his tepee within call. Loneliness makes you weak when there's something tearing at the heart. So I let M'sieu' Marchand talk to me. At last he told me that there was a woman at Yargo--that Dennis did not go there for business, but to her. Everyone knew it except me, he said. He told me to ask old Throw Hard, the Indian helper, if he had spoken the truth. I was shamed, and angry and crazy, too, I think, so I went to old Throw Hard and asked him.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.