Synopsis
A sharp, humorous slice of 19th-century life follows a crafty cartman through duels of wit and a tangle of shady deals.
This collection of recollections brings to life a vivid cast and the odd battles over trust, money, and reputation. Through brisk dialogue and asides that feel like old letters, it captures the humor and tension of a world where a simple move could spark a lively confrontation.
- Witty confrontations and colorful characters that drive each scene.
- Roguish schemes, legal tussles, and the daily drumbeat of street life.
- A lens on manners, business, and friendship in a bygone era.
- Humor that rests on sharp observations and human foibles.
Ideal for readers who enjoy historical anecdotes told with warmth, humor, and a touch of mischief.
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A New York cartman, above all others, should be an honest, intelligent and upright man - for he must necessarily be entrusted with untold wealth in one shape and another. I recollect having on my cart one afternoon property valued at half a million of dollars, be the same more or less. It consisted' of a collection of about thirty dingy-looking old oil paintings - said to he the grandest pro ductions of some of the so-called old masters. Iii-ever once doubted the genuineness of their antiquity; but, altho'ugh I had plenty of money in my pocket at the time, I wish to have it distinctly understood that I 'did not purchase 'them at that price. And right here permit 'me to yremark - not under oath, how' ever - that I acquired a very high character for honesty and 'square dealing during the twenty years that I followed carting; indeed so high that I have not yet, with all my sub sequent practice, become a very expert thief, which fact almost debars 'me from obtaining my rightful dues in this thieving and grab game age.
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