Edwin Wildman: Famous Leaders of Industry The Life Stories of Boys who have succeeded First Series.

Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, New York, 1969, 362 Seiten mit 29 Bildern. Gebunden Leinen.

Reprinted from 1920 "Boys, these are stories of boys, perhaps like yourselves — young, ambitious, full of grit and anхious to make of your lives a success, both in earning money, building a business, and gaining honor and prestige among your fellows. Success is a hard road, as you will learn in reading of the struggles, obstacles overcome, disappointments and unremitting devotion to their ambition of these FAMOUS LEADERS OF INDUSTRY. They did not live joyless lives; they found pleasure in their work, because they loved their work and hoped to get on in the world. In preparing these stories I have chosen mostly boys in different lines of work, all of whom succeeded in the business world, so that whatever is your bent you may find help and inspiration in the success of some other boy who commenced at the bottom and worked, round by round, to the top. The conditions in the business world of to-day are not quite the same as they were when these boys were young. But remember, the principles of success — the persistency of purpose, the zeal for hard work and the necessity of putting in it your love of it, and your energy for it — are the same. The opportunity is as great to-day. The undeveloped resources of this great country are calling for boys with brains and ambition ..." - PHILIP DANFORTH ARMOUR California Pioneer and Chicago Packing King - P. T. BARNUM The World's Greatest Showman - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL Immortal Telephone Inventor, and Humanitarian - JOHN M. BROWNING The Gun Wizard and Inventor of the Machine-Gun - WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK Montana Copper King and United States Senator - WILLIAM L. DOUGLAS The Boy Who Pegged Shoes and became Governor - JAMES BUCHANAN DUKE American Tobacco and Cigarette King - GEORGE EASTMAN Who Invented the Kodak and Popularized Photography - THOMAS ALVA EDISON Electrical Wizard and World's Greatest Inventor - HENRY FORD The Aladdin of the Automobile Industry - CHARLES GOODYEAR Inventor of Vulcanized Rubber - HENRY JOHN HEINZ Pittsburgh Pickle King and Sunday-School Leader - CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK Inventor of the Reaping Machine - HUDSON MAXIM Poet, Philosopher, and Wizard of High Explosives - JOHN H. PATTERSON The Industrial Genius Whose Ruling Passion has been to make things "go better" - JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER Oil King and World's Greatest Industrial Leader - CHARLES M. SCHWAB Steel King and Submarine Boat Builder - ISAAC MERRITT SINGER Inventor of the Sewing Machine - LOUIS FRANKLIN SWIFT Head of the World's Largest Meat-Packing Business - JOHN WANAMAKER America's Foremost Retail Merchant and Originator of the Department Store - GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE Inventor of the Railroad Air-Brake - JOHN NORTH WILLYS Wizard of Autos and Airplanes - FRANK W. WOOLWORTH Magician of the 5 and 10 Cent Store - ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT Who achieved immortal Fame as Airship Inventors - LINUS YALE AND HENRY R. TOWNE Who Revolutionized Lock-Making - ADOLPH ZUKOR Motion Picture Magnate.