Some weeks later a dray drove up to the Astor store, then at 68
Pine Street, and delivered a number of very heavy little kegs which
chinked faintly as they were rolled in through the door. "What on
earth are those, Jacob?" Sarah demanded when she happened in during
the afternoon. "Der fruits of our East India pass," he answered,
his deep-set eyes twinkling merrily. "Money?" He nodded. "Ho-how
much?" "Fifty-five t'ousan' dollar." "Jacob!" she gasped. And well
she might. It was as rich a coup as he ever achieved. -from "Fur
and Tea" New Yorkers can't escape the name Astor: it graces
theaters, hotels, street names, and even an entire Queens
neighborhood. This delightful biography of the "landlord of New
York" explains how John Jacob Astor, who arrived in the city a poor
immigrant in 1784, created such a fortune-in real estate, fur, and
trade with China-not only for himself but for the city and nation
around him that his influence could not be denied. Author Arthur D.
Howden Smith was, in the early years of the 20th century, a
tremendously popular author of pulp fiction on a par with E.E.
"Doc" Smith and Edgar Rice Burroughs. And the same boisterous
enthusiasm that made his adventure tales of pirates and Vikings so
riproaring readable bursts forth from this classic biography as
well. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Howden Smith's Commodore
Vanderbilt: An Epic of American Achievement. ARTHUR DOUGLAS HOWDEN
SMITH (1887-1945) was an enormously prolific and diverse writer,
penning numerous short stories, biographies, and business studies,
but he is best remembered for his many pulp novels, including Porto
Bello Gold (a prequel to Treasure Island), The Dead Go Overside,
The Doom Trail, Swain's Saga, and others.
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