# Ed Thatcher — Manhattan Transfer character guide

> Ed Thatcher in Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ed Thatcher, Ed, Thatcher, Ed Thatcher's, Edward C. Thatcher, Millionaire Thatcher

**First appearance:** 0000-section-i

## Who they are

Ellen's father, a struggling businessman who dreams of wealth.

## Relationships

### [Jimmy Herf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/manhattan_transfer_se/characters/jimmy_herf)

_family_

Ed is Jimmy's uncle and guardian after Jimmy's mother dies, providing a stable but emotionally distant home.

### [Ellen Thatcher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/manhattan_transfer_se/characters/ellen_thatcher)

_family_

Father and daughter with a strained relationship, as Ed's traditional values clash with Ellen's ambitious independence.

### [Jimmy Herf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/manhattan_transfer_se/characters/jimmy_herf)

_family_

Ed is Jimmy's uncle and guardian after Jimmy's mother dies, providing a stable but emotionally distant home.

### [Jimmy Herf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/manhattan_transfer_se/characters/jimmy_herf)

_family_

Ed is Jimmy's uncle and guardian after Jimmy's mother dies, providing a stable but emotionally distant home.

### [Ellen Thatcher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/manhattan_transfer_se/characters/ellen_thatcher)

_family_

Father and daughter with a strained relationship, as Ed's traditional values clash with Ellen's ambitious independence.

### [Ellen Thatcher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/manhattan_transfer_se/characters/ellen_thatcher)

_family_

Father and daughter with a strained relationship, as Ed's traditional values clash with Ellen's ambitious independence.

## In the story

### [I: Ferryslip](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/manhattan_transfer_se/chapters/i-ferryslip)

Visits the hospital after his wife gives birth, learns he has a daughter named Ellen, meets Mr. Zucher in a saloon, and discusses fatherhood and ambition.

### [II: Metropolis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/manhattan_transfer_se/chapters/ii-metropolis)

Dreams of making money for his daughter Ellen, reacts to the tenement fire, and feels the pull of the metropolis.

### [III: Dollars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/manhattan_transfer_se/chapters/iii-dollars)

Takes his daughter Ellen to the waterfront, where he gives her a dime for a former sailor and discusses wealth.

### [Tracks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/manhattan_transfer_se/chapters/iv-tracks)

Works late at his office, resists a colleague's stock tip but fantasizes about wealth and success.

### [III: Nine Days' Wonder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/manhattan_transfer_se/chapters/iii-nine-days-wonder)

Ellen's father, living in Passaic; he is upset by the Town Topics gossip about Stan Emery and troubled by Ellen's divorce news.

## Links

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