Andrew Low and the Sign of the Buck: Trade, Triumph, Tragedy at the House of Low

by Jennifer Guthrie Ryan, Hugh Stiles Golson

This historic narrative, written by cousins who are descendants of the Low and Stiles families, spans two centuries of the intertwined families of the House of Low and the extended families of the Clays, Stiles, and Mackays. Commencing with the Jacobite rebellions for the throne of feudal Scotland, coinciding with the settling of Colonial Georgia in the 1700's, it takes the reader on a fascinating voyage through ancestral connections to America's War of Independence and to Edwardian England. The story begins with the migration of Andrew Low, Sr, to Savannah, Georgia, where he becomes a cotton broker in 1800 and ultimately Savannah's wealthiest merchant. Later, as the Low family's business expands overseas, the Lows become involved in international affairs, including murder and mayhem in the burning of French privateers during the War of 1812, the investment in the SS Savannah, and, under heir-apparent Andrew Low, Jr, the rise in prominence of the family's antebellum cotton factorage bu

455 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008