Excerpt from The Love of Loot and WomenEdgar Beecher Bronson was born in Bradford County, Penn sylvania, September 20, 1856, and on bis motber's side was second cousin to tbe Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, wbom be grew to resemble in later life. His schooling was mucb tbc same as other boys of tbe time, and did not include a college. In fact, be left Owego, wbere bis family was then living, and came to New York seeking employment wben not yet eighteen years of age. He found a place as a reporter on the New York Tribune.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.