Excerpt from Glenwood of Shipbay
I like life, my own and other people"s. That is the reason I shall write a biography, the biography of Tom Glenwood. The reason I write Tom Glenwood"s biography instead of another"s is that I can learn the facts of his life for Tom is practically devoid of reticences. And then, I like Tom, I like Minna whom he loves. We are all Shipbay people together.
I might have chosen Farragut"s life to describe, for I have collected books and papers concerning him ever since that sultry day in "61 on which I chatted with him in the cabin of the Hartford at Ship Island. I was super-cargo of the Firefly and had recently been in New Orleans. Tom"s father was mate. Farragut desired information about New Orleans. We had a glass of wine together. What satisfaction I have to this day telling about the glass of wine I had with Farragut. Tom is probably tired hearing me tell of it.
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