The American Banker in Paris: The Remarkable True Story of Little Known Nelson Dean Jay

About the Book
The life of Nelson Dean Jay is an opus sized adventure of the unknown banker who lived in Paris and influenced the powerful people of Europe as well as world events.
During the Roaring Twenties in Paris, he was a friend of Ernest Hemingway, Coco Chanel, and Gertrude Stein. Jay was described in the New York Times as “one of the most civilized and authentic Americans in Paris.”
The German Gestapo busted into his office to close down his bank. He was the only American bank to remai...