The House That Shadows Built (1928)

Record Details:

Title:
The House That Shadows Built
Date:
1928
Publisher:
New York: Doubleday
Volume:
The House That Shadows Built
Leaf #:
00056
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 16, 2023
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40 THE HOUSE THAT SHADOWS BUILT getting a start there, Max saw a better opportunity than in New York. In the slack season of 1891-92, he pulled up stakes and travelled westward. With his partner gone, Adolph felt a stirring of new adventure. Chicago was working up to the great Columbian Exposition of 1893. Stories of the preparations filled the newspapers. Adolph wanted mightily to see it. Passing down Broadway one afternoon, a sign advertising cut-rate tickets to Chicago caught his eye. On impulse, he went in and inquired the price. It was less than he thought. Next week he had resigned from Ederstrom’s, closed up his affairs, packed, drawn his account in full from the Dry Dock Savings Bank, and in a crawling day coach started his second journey into the world. He was then nineteen.