Money to Burn

Reginald Wright Kauffman

Published by Chelsea House, New York City, 1924

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Money to Burn: An Adventure Story; by Reginald Wright Kauffman; Chelsea House, New York City, 1924. From the dedication to Charles Keene Hammitt. Dear Governor: Like most men of affairs. You prefer your books to be after the manner of this one that s my belief, anyway. On a train by day, or abed by night, you will read Money to Burn and immediately forget it which is as it should be, for then you can profitably reread in a year hence but I m certain it will entertain you while you are reading it. If it gives you the realization of good fights on strange islands in tropic seas, if it stirs you with the sense of its hairbreath escapes, if its mystery keeps you guessing and inveigles you past your proper railroad station, or runs up the house electric light bill by holding you tight until morning, then it is the sort of book that I have planned it to be. I am betting that it will accomplish such feats, and so I am dedicating it to you. Your affectionate R.W.K., Geneva Switzerland, Dec. 7 (O.S.), 1923. Reginald Wright Kauffman (1877 1959) His most famous books were "The Latter Day Saints" (1913) and "The House of Bondage" (1910). One was about the economics that drove the Mormons west, while the other was about prostitution. While he was mainly writing novels like "Money to Burn" and "Spanish Dollars", he was writing poetry, self-help, non-fiction, and children's books. He promoted women's suffrage while traveling through Europe and parts of Africa. During World War I, he served as a war correspondent in France and with the U.S. Navy. After the war, he served as a representative of the Republican party in Europe as a peace delegate and as a member of the Red Cross. He served as editorial columnist for the "Washington Post", the "Boston Transcript", and the "Bangor Daily News" from 1934 to 1947. Kauffman spent twelve years of his life in Geneva, Switzerland, where he established the New York Herald Tribune s news-bureau at the League of Nations, worked for the League s adoption of the U.S. delegation s draft for the Narcotics Treaty, and was involved with negotiations involving the endorsement of the Hays Motion Picture Code. This book, 316 pages is in very good condition in a good dust jacket that is now in a protective mylar wrap. A very scarce title. Seller Inventory # 2282

Bibliographic Details

Title: Money to Burn

Publisher: Chelsea House, New York City

Publication Date: 1924

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good