What Makes Sammy Run?
What Makes Sammy Run?

Author: Budd Schulberg

Publisher:

Published: 1941

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Realistisk tidsbillede fra 1930'erne om en barsk skildring af en hensynsløs stræbers kamp for at nå til tops i Hollywoods glitrende filmverden

More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

Author: George Horace Lorimer

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-05-26

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 1365996379

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George Horace Lorimer's More Letters From A Self-Made Merchant To His Son is a sequel to his widely popular Letters From A Self-Made Merchant To His Son, and offers fourteen more hilarious letters from Old Gorgon Graham, a prosperous pork-packer in Chicago, to his son, Pierrepont, whom he 'affectionately' calls 'Piggy.'

Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son

Author: George Horace Lorimer

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-06-24

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1387059882

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George Lorimer's 'Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son' is a timeless collection of Gilded Age aphorisms from a rich man - a prosperous pork-packer in Chicago to his son, Pierrepont, whom he 'affectionately' calls 'Piggy.' The writing is subtle and brilliant. Lorimer later followed this best-seller up with 'More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant.'

Letters and More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
Letters and More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

Author: George Horace Lorimer

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-09-18

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781976551895

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Letters and More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son presents George Horace Lorimer's famous Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son and its lesser known but equally brilliant sequel, More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son. With his unique dry wit, Lorimer lampoons the attitudes of the newly moneyed classes of the Gilded Age - characters straight out of The Great Gatsby - in a series of fictional exchanges between John 'Old Gorgon' Graham, a prosperous pork-packer in Chicago, and his son, Pierrepont, whom he 'affectionately' calls 'Piggy.' The letters of Book 1 (Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son) are from a father to a son in college (Harvard) but in the sequel (More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son) Pierrepont has graduated and is writing to his old man to see if there is any work for him in the family business. The Gorgon is reluctant but thinks there might be an opportunity for Piggy in the lard department...

Old Gorgon Graham - More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
Old Gorgon Graham - More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

Author: George Horace Lorimer

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2019-10-11

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 1528787803

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This volume contains is the a series of letters between an American self-made millionaire and his son who is just entering the family business. Dating back to the 1890s, the letters contain timeless advice and words of wisdom that are as useful today as when first written. “Old Gorgon Graham - More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son” is highly recommended for anyone involved in business and not to be missed by young entrepreneurs. George Horace Lorimer (1867–1937) was an American author, journalist, and publisher most famous for being the editor of The Saturday Evening Post between 1899 and 1936. As editor, the paper's circulation rose from a few thousand to over a million. “The Letters from a Self-Made Merchant” was well known during the early 20th century and was the basis for the 1922 film “A Self-made Man” starring William Russell. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.