Peter: A Novel of Which He Is Not the Hero
Peter: A Novel of Which He Is Not the Hero
By Francis Hopkinson Smith
15 Jan, 2019
Peter: A Novel Of Which He Is Not The Hero is a novel published in 1908 by Francis Hopkinson Smith, which was the sixth best-selling book in the United States in 1908, and the ninth best-selling book of 1909. It sold in excess of 100,000 copies......
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Peter: A Novel Of Which He Is Not The Hero is a novel published in 1908 by Francis Hopkinson Smith, which was the sixth best-selling book in the United States in 1908, and the ninth best-selling book of 1909. It sold in excess of 100,000 copies........ The book is set in New York City, but the New York of a few decades prior to 1908 when the book was released. Peter Grayson is an aging banker of the old school; an upstanding and cultured gentleman, and not prone to engage in speculation. Peter also influences the younger generation around him, including a young man who comes to New York to work in the financial world. Less