Inside the story
Meet Dan Cody
Dan Cody is a grizzled, self-made mining millionaire who built his fortune in the silver and copper rushes of the West. A hard-living frontier figure, he roams the coasts on his yacht and becomes an important presence in Gatsby’s younger days, though age and drink have begun to soften him.
On the page
A grey, hard-faced man of about fifty with a weathered, ruddy complexion, close-cropped iron-grey hair, and cold, empty eyes set in a broad, physically robust frame. He wears the attire of a wealthy yachtsman: a white peaked cap, a brass-buttoned navy yachting jacket, and crisp white trousers.
