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Hat Seeker Merritt Tours West For Silk Heirloom
An 1884 sea voyage narrative follows Joshua Merritt of Liverpool and his China servant Gin Ghi as they chase a legendary silk hat linked to Napoleon III. The eccentric collector seeks the hat that once rested on Napoleon III and later passed to an American caretaker, with Merritt’s obsessive hunt driving them toward Newark and the American West.
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Hetty Waldron
Harry Waldron
I. S.A
West Pointer
Catan
Harry
Ost
New York
Joshua Merritt
Joh Merritt
Liverpool
Gin-Ghi
Hong Kong
Merritt
Manisio
Josh Merritt
Hie Plas
Harry the Card- Room Had Mo Berms
Harry Wallron
United States Army
Waldron
Hastings Waldron
Custer
Little Big Horn
Cat
Osh Merritt
Atlantic
Overpool
Mre. Waldron
Harry Midit
Newark
New World
Tian
Gin- Ghi
Josh Mer- Tritt
Enzi Ab
Europe
Orent
Chinauman
Willy-Nilly
Inglishman
Metropoli
Western Hemisphere
Mater Josh
Josh
Gin-Gihi
Meritt
Putin
Joshua
China
United Kingdom
Loire
Elbe
Danube
Schelde
Thames
Clyde
Tweed
Lancater
Asia
Africa
Americas
Oceanica
United States
Amercan
Far West
Gin-'hi
Napoleon III
Merritt Museum
Paris
Prince Louis
Empire of Strasburg
America
Newark City
Houston Street
Queon Hortense
Mr. Smith