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Count Luckner once polisher of Majestic door knobs
German WWII sea raider Count Felix von Luckner recalls polishing brass at the Majestic hotel in New York for 27 years. He walked across America as a youth seeking Buffalo Bill, then ended up in New York polishing door knobs for wealthy guests and observing American self-made men.
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United Press
New York
Central Park
Felix Luckner
von Luckner
Majestic
World’s Work Magazine
America
The
Buffalo Bill
Germany
San Francisco
Cig
Denver
Gélorad
Col
Cody
Morgans
Rockefellers