The Ne'er-Do-Well

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1911. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7x5x1. Christy, Howard Chandler. First edition. Edges rubbed, quarter inch split in cloth along rear board edge, ink name on front endpaper, pages lightly toned. 1911 Hard Cover. 401 pp. Color illustrations mounted on front board and black-and-white frontispiece and plates by Howard Chandler Christy. "Disgusted with his spendthrift son, Kirk Anthony's father has Kirk shanghaied and taken to Panama, where he attracts the attention of Mrs. Edith Cortlandt and falls in love with Chiquita, the daughter of a Panamanian general. He is able to get a railroad job through Edith's husband Stephen Cortlandt and decides to make something of himself when he meets Allen Allan, a Negro soldier of fortune. When the sudden death of Stephen Cortlandt ensues, Kirk is blamed until Edith produces a suicide note and clears his name. He succeeds in his railroad position and returns to the United States with Chiquita and is finally able to earn his father's respect.