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Tiger Man and other diversions in a New York moment
The piece profiles Sasha Siemel the tiger hunter heading to South America with a crew to hunt jaguars, notes his spear and bow method, and compares him to Robinson Crusoe. It then turns to Felix Ferry’s Riviera reports on gambling and the return of English arou nd Monte Carlo, plus a quip about gold markers at Grand Central. It closes with C. T. Revere turning to playwriting after Wall Street and farming.
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New York
Park Avenue
Bolivia
Paraguay
Brazil
Boston
Indiana
Sasha Siemel
Vanderbilt
Robinson Crusoe
Felix Ferry
Riviera
M. Ferry
Monte Carlo
Grand Central Terminal
C. T. Revere
Wall Street
California
Dan Sully