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Description:This book features the life stories, told by themselves, of many successful men and women, with emphasis on those experiences which to them appear to have been the turning points in their lives. The leaders in invention, manufacture, transportation, commerce, finance, in political and public life, and in the professions of the ministry, the law, literature and art, were requested to bequeath in their own words the stories of their lives, their ideals, and the lessons of their experience, to the American public. Many and varied careers have been selected, so that each one may find his ideal of success fulfilled in real life, and be aroused to a lofty aspiration and resolute determination to achieve like eminence. While for the most part the experiences portrayed in this book occurred upon American soil, in several instances persons born or now living abroad, but prominently identified with American life, have been included.Contents:Hard Work, the Secret of a Great Inventor's Genius – Thomas Alva EdisonA "Down-East" Yankee Who Dictates Peace to the Nations – Hiram Stevens MaximA Poor Boy Who Once Borrowed Books Now Gives Away Libraries – Andrew CarnegieA Good Shoemaker Becomes Detroit's Best Mayor and Michigan's Greatest Governor – Hazen S. PingreeDetermination Not to Remain Poor Made a Farmer Boy Merchant Prince – Marshall FieldHonesty the Foundation of a Great Merchant's Career – John WanamakerA British Boy Wins Fortune and Title by American Business Methods – Sir Thomas LiptonA Self-made Man Who Strives to Give Others a Chance – Darius Ogden MillsThrift, the Secret of a Fortune Built in a Single Lifetime – Russell SageCut Out for a Banker, He Rose From Errand Boy to Secretary of the United States Treasury – Lyman Judson GageA Young Millionaire Not Afraid to Work in Overalls – Cornelius VanderbiltA Messenger Boy's Zeal Lifts Him to the Head of the World's Greatest Telegraph System – Robert C. Clowry…We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Little Visits with Great Americans: The True Stories and Life Lessons by Famous and Most Influential People of the Time (Vol. 1&2). To get started finding Little Visits with Great Americans: The True Stories and Life Lessons by Famous and Most Influential People of the Time (Vol. 1&2), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This book features the life stories, told by themselves, of many successful men and women, with emphasis on those experiences which to them appear to have been the turning points in their lives. The leaders in invention, manufacture, transportation, commerce, finance, in political and public life, and in the professions of the ministry, the law, literature and art, were requested to bequeath in their own words the stories of their lives, their ideals, and the lessons of their experience, to the American public. Many and varied careers have been selected, so that each one may find his ideal of success fulfilled in real life, and be aroused to a lofty aspiration and resolute determination to achieve like eminence. While for the most part the experiences portrayed in this book occurred upon American soil, in several instances persons born or now living abroad, but prominently identified with American life, have been included.Contents:Hard Work, the Secret of a Great Inventor's Genius – Thomas Alva EdisonA "Down-East" Yankee Who Dictates Peace to the Nations – Hiram Stevens MaximA Poor Boy Who Once Borrowed Books Now Gives Away Libraries – Andrew CarnegieA Good Shoemaker Becomes Detroit's Best Mayor and Michigan's Greatest Governor – Hazen S. PingreeDetermination Not to Remain Poor Made a Farmer Boy Merchant Prince – Marshall FieldHonesty the Foundation of a Great Merchant's Career – John WanamakerA British Boy Wins Fortune and Title by American Business Methods – Sir Thomas LiptonA Self-made Man Who Strives to Give Others a Chance – Darius Ogden MillsThrift, the Secret of a Fortune Built in a Single Lifetime – Russell SageCut Out for a Banker, He Rose From Errand Boy to Secretary of the United States Treasury – Lyman Judson GageA Young Millionaire Not Afraid to Work in Overalls – Cornelius VanderbiltA Messenger Boy's Zeal Lifts Him to the Head of the World's Greatest Telegraph System – Robert C. Clowry…We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Little Visits with Great Americans: The True Stories and Life Lessons by Famous and Most Influential People of the Time (Vol. 1&2). To get started finding Little Visits with Great Americans: The True Stories and Life Lessons by Famous and Most Influential People of the Time (Vol. 1&2), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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