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Word: derbilt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...usual panoply of historical romance: the storming of ancient citadels, the intrigue of Bourbon-breath'd henchmen, the moneyed powers, the lovely Senorita de Avila who dies heroically so that Peter may live. Filibuster Walker, as some may recall, spurns the aid of the mighty Commodore Van- derbilt. So the Commodore who spits tobacco to the delight of Manhattan street-cleaners thwarts the destiny of Mr. Walker. In Honduras there is a final "spectacle"-a firing squad . . . the limp body of the destiny-man ... a clatter of hoofs . . . the sparing of Peter, who returns to Manhattan, to the waiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Non-Fiction | 10/11/1926 | See Source »

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