Summary
A dazzling, yet ultimately cautionary, tableau of early 20th-century American ambition, "Broadway Jones" unfurls the saga of its eponymous protagonist, a provincial Ohio scion brimming with unearned confidence and a profound disdain for his familial manufacturing legacy. Convinced that the footlights of Manhattan's theatrical district are his true destiny, this callow youth abandons the prosaic comfort of his Midwestern roots, only to be unexpectedly catapulted into a new stratum of financial opportunity upon inheriting both his family's business and a staggering million-dollar endowment. His initial foray into the glittering, yet treacherous, world of Broadway is marked by a profligate extravagance, a rapid dissipation of his newfound fortune on fleeting pleasures and ill-conceived ventures that underscore his profound immaturity and lack of fiscal discernment. Stripped of his grand illusions and most of his inheritance, a chastened, if not entirely reformed, Jones retreats to his ancestral Ohio domain, now intent on liquidating the very enterprise he once scorned as a means to recoup his losses. However, the path to redemption, or at least solvency, proves far from straightforward, as a labyrinthine series of unforeseen impediments and local resistance conspire to thwart his cynical designs, forcing him to confront the true value of his heritage and the community he so readily abandoned, perhaps even discovering a love he never anticipated amidst the rural simplicity he once disdained.
An arrogant young man leaves his Ohio home to make it big on Broadway in New York City when he inherits the family business and $1-million. However, things don't go quite according to his plans. After he blows most of the money, he returns to Ohio to try to sell the family business to raise more money, but complications ensue.
