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What if the man correcting your boxing stance also has advice for the rest of your life?
In Sewell Ford's Shorty McCabe on the Job, a former prizefighter runs a physical culture studio in New York. His clients come to build their bodies and shake off city stiffness. But rich, restless people bring more than tight muscles through the door. When their troubles come out, Shorty finds himself helping with problems that exercise alone cannot fix.
This collection follows the fighter turned trainer through gym confessions and unlikely efforts to do good. Shorty tells his own stories in lively slang, with blunt advice and plain common sense. Each brisk tale brings its own small problem and resolution. The pleasure lies in his straight-talking voice, the comedy of clients dropping their fine manners, and the business of getting involved.
What you’ll discover
- A fighter turned helper Meet a former boxer whose work keeps drawing him into other people's affairs.
- Confessions at the studio Watch clients shed their fine manners as they talk about what troubles them.
- A voice with punch Enjoy Shorty's lively slang and the blunt advice he brings to awkward situations.
- City life in miniature Find comedy where New York clients, fitness fads, and plain common sense meet.
- One brisk tale at a time Follow a fresh small problem in each story, without committing to one long plot.
Who will love it
You will enjoy it if you like comic city tales, quick talk, odd couples and warm surprises, or if you enjoy early twentieth century New York with its gyms, tango halls and Broadway crowds.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A strange will joins two opposites
- Real kindness costs the giver something
- Look closely at people the town has written off
- Young people chase dreams the old ones doubt
- Boosters and misfits find their place in the world
- Odd marriages are stranger than any plan
- Pride and prejudice meet in polite parlors
- Money often arrives before the wisdom to use it
- A fast, slangy voice carries the lessons lightly
Who’s who
- Shorty McCabeA former boxer who runs a physical culture studio in New York, tells every story and approves each kind deed.
- J. Bayard SteeleA vain, smooth promoter with Grand Duke whiskers, forced to carry out a rival's will and paid a commission to do good.
- Pyramid GordonThe late ruthless financier whose strange will sets the kind deeds in motion.
- JudsonThe calm lawyer who reads the will and manages the money.
- Sadie McCabeShorty's warm, matchmaking wife, who takes in lonely people and tries to improve them.
- Swifty JoeShorty's loyal assistant at the studio, tough and shy, who admires Alvin as a real gentleman.
- Twombley-CraneA stiff Long Island millionaire and art collector, the first name on the list.
- PinckneyA rich clubman and friend of Shorty who sends him clients and trades quick insults with friends.
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Shorty McCabe auf dem Posten
by Sewell Ford · 1912
A tycoon's will sends a crooked schemer and a gym owner to do kind deeds for his old enemies.
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Why would a hard-driving tycoon leave his fortune to the people he cheated, and put his oldest enemy in charge of the kindness? That is the start of Shorty McCabe on the Job, by Sewell Ford.
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A strange will joins two opposites
Pyramid Gordon, a ruthless financier, dies in Rome and leaves a plan for his money. His lawyer, Judson, explains that he shares the executor's job with Shorty McCabe, a trusted friend, and J. Bayard Steele, a smooth operator who hated Gordon for twenty years.
The task is odd. Gordon leaves a list of more than twenty people he once hurt. Steele must do some kind and generous act for each one, and he earns a twenty percent commission on what he spends. Shorty must approve every plan and gets five percent for his advice.
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What is Shorty McCabe on the Job about?
It follows Shorty McCabe, a New York physical culture teacher, and a schemer named J. Bayard Steele, who must carry out a rich man's will by doing kind deeds for people he wronged.
Who is Pyramid Gordon?
Pyramid Gordon is a ruthless financier who dies before the story starts. His will names Shorty, his oldest enemy Steele and the lawyer Judson as executors. Shorty and Steele must arrange kind deeds for people Gordon has hurt, while Judson manages the money.
Is Shorty McCabe on the Job a novel or a story collection?
It is a set of nineteen linked stories. The kind deeds and Shorty's adventures tie them together, but most chapters can be read alone for their own small plot.
The author
Sewell Ford
1868–1946 · American humorist
Sewell Ford was an American writer who lived in the United States from 1868 to 1946. He wrote fiction in the early twentieth century. His books included Shorty McCabe, Shorty McCabe on the Job, Odd Numbers: Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe, and Torchy and Vee.
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