june october american military officer author wrote books adventure mystery based loosely experiences savage witty daring life inspiration pulp novel character youth san_francisco savage studied engineering law graduated years surveying work savage went rome envoy following sailed egypt serve stint returning home savage assigned assess border disputes mexico performed railroad survey work texas washington courted married widowed germany savage returned san_francisco wife stay years raising daughter taking family business served rank colonel took social activity city period anti chinese race riots savage stood law order gained respect san_francisco leaders property holders middle class residents savage traveled exotic lands struck jungle fever honduras new_york state wrote book official wife successful action adventure story followed rate year written general public literary critics book scathing later ones savage lived primarily new_york_city involved lawsuits especially new_york publisher unpaid royalties spanish broke savage volunteered lead men battle instead given command engineering unit built complete base havana returning new_york wrote books corresponded wife traveled russian_empire visit daughter russian husband years army savage knocked mortally wounded age horse carriage streets new_york early life career savage born new_york son lawyer manufacturer family lived area years finding gold california prompted savage father join savage rest family left new_york join father arrived san_francisco february savage boys attend public school new city future poet brothers charles found san_francisco_chronicle younger savage school father helped discover rich silver deposits savage finished high school age began study law senator later studied law firm partner east serving major general union_army start american civil war savage joined union_army father secured discharge grounds extreme youth savage father influence push california stay union rewarded president lincoln post capacity served government connections savage father gained savage appointment west point despite danger confederate savage chose travel east way panama followed atlantic leg new_york significant wartime delays prevented joining summer academy took place september students savage graduated sixth class west_point assigned second lieutenant island rank acknowledged savage needed second lieutenant despite government limiting number serving army officers savage took survey work indian reservations reservations arizona government writing career savage performed army tasks unhappy narrowly defined role resignation december president grant went rome american vice consul savage traveled egypt act rank captain year secretary american general serving following honorable discharge savage returned tasked grant serve commissioners investigating series border incidents mexico time worked nascent chief surveyor route washington january savage married aristocratic german widow years older arrived war torn america husband look family owned land georgia died anna favorite washington social circle marriage savage produced daughter later married minor nobleman savage began year stay san_francisco worked father brother iron enterprise served years colonel 2nd savage took prominent role civic social life city called speeches large crowds skill politician economist complimented january savage served chief military executive officer group set oppose mob angry supporters wanted rid chinese immigrants savage calm logical presence seen san rallying point law order riots savage renewed friendship childhood poet acquaintance writer later publish savage stories san_francisco began devoted interest fight women suffrage savage retired government service practice law youngest brother moved new_york_city late friend house upstate new_york recovering near fatal case jungle fever contracted honduras savage wrote tale loosely based life entitled official wife book great success translated languages times london called wonderful clever tour force disappear air irresistible savage followed book mask venus mysterious passenger stories shadow addition fiction prose output savage published collections speeches essays wrote book poetry dedicated wife years savage writing style fast precise wrote morning night rarely needed correct drafts able carry conversation writing joined author critical review savage book masked venus reviewed overland monthly colonel career novelist rapid decline grade work official wife delicious story novel situations treatment simply told little lady pleased people markedly inferior plot style sadly marred blood series hand undoubtedly worst style plot impossible tone bad fatal campaign climax said climax story endeavors excitement climax pitch nearly length lack proportion makes book novel literature savage shadow reviewed literary world reviewer said savage happy mixture ignorance facts absurd main character criticized exposed mortal danger daily escaping dagger pistol shots results favorable theatrical progress story common sense previous month periodical savage book life love dismissed dash romance final decade savage sued publisher unpaid royalties publisher filed bankruptcy years earlier accepting savage client argued owe savage instead savage owed scattered incomplete accounting books prevented easy conclusion trial years later declared bankruptcy brooklyn sued savage damages stealing away affections wife savage wife friend defended court saying lewis informal supplier food soldiers savage command stopped lucrative illegal act selling liquor troops january savage wife celebrated 25th anniversary new_york_city february savage volunteered army duty spanish american war savage served lieutenant colonel 1st regiment new_york governor declined formation savage instead assigned senior major 2nd volunteer engineers end training building complete army camp unit traveled november havana cuba cleared build savage hoisted american flag december command battalion surrender havana january weakened yellow fever savage mustered april assigned captain 27th continuing illness prevented traveling unit philippines discharged august savage wife daughter russia savage son law serving russian government savage wife sent word london given prison sentences hid jews house rioting warned bloody riots encouraged government wealthy russian aristocracy danger lives death legacy savage died october knocked injured new_york_city street horse wagon october savage wife daughter europe time death died age july long illness new_york_city daughter years noted supporter women right vote author suggested pulp hero 1930s 1940s based savage life met savage men created pulp character joined street smith publishers year collection savage short stories published selected works official wife official wife internet archive little lady franco romance project little lady franco romance internet archive prince story russo turkish war internet archive life love story internet archive harlem story new_york_city day internet archive story day internet archive princess alaska tale countries internet archive mystery pacific_ocean miss story days nevada internet archive cuban sweetheart internet archive years internet archive exile london novel internet archive lost story orient internet archive checked missing trunk story new york city life internet archive awkward meeting fighting tiger internet archive fascinating traitor project captain story modern rome internet archive modern story levant internet archive swim story currents currents new_york internet archive cuban sweetheart internet archive white lady story ukraine midnight passenger project mystery shipyard internet archive story sea internet archive story sea internet archive
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