This early work by Robert Barr was originally published in 1896 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "e;The Shadow of the Greenback"e; is a short story where under a man's will, the man or men who kill his murderer will receive $50,000. Robert Barr was born on 16th September 1849 in Glasgow, Scotland, but he and his parents emigrated to Upper Canada when ...