Every Waddy since the cook of the Mayflower has been a model of Boston meekness, except Ira, who broke the family pattern and made a fortune abroad. Returning by way of Halifax, a shipwreck and a rescue, he re-enters New England society as a nabob, renews old friendships and finds himself among charming girls and resort-hotel gossip.
A lost comic novel by a writer killed early in the Civil War, published decades after his death. Download the free EPUB.