Great Gatsby Timeline

Went to St. Olaf's Lutheran University

Nov 30, 1909

'to a small lutheran college of St. Olaf's in southern Minnesota' (99)

Becamea clam digger and a fisherman

Jun 30, 1911

'for over ayear he had been beating his way alnog the southshore of Lake Supierior as a clam digger andsalmon fisher' (98)

Dan Cody's yacht drops anchor near James Gatz

Jul 30, 1912

'-when he saw Dan Cody's yacht drop anchor over the most insidious flat of Lake Supierior' (98)

Meets Daisy Buchanan

May 1, 1916

"The officer looked at daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time, and beacause it seemed romantic to me i have remembered theincident ever since. His name was Jay Gatsby..." (75)

Goes to War

May 30, 1917

'Then it came to war, old sport' (66)

Dan Cody Dies

Aug 30, 1917

'and a week later Dan Cody inhospitbly died' (100)

Daisy Receives Letter from Gatsby

May 1, 1918

"She had a bottle of Sauntern one handand an envelope in the other." (76)