Captains of Industry
(0 User reviews)
133
1884
English
- Preface
- David Maydole, Hammer-Maker
- Icabod Washburn, Wire-Maker
- Elihu Burrit, The Learned Blacksmith
- Michael Reynolds, Engine Driver
- Major Robert Pike, Farmer
- George Graham, Clock Maker, Buried in Westminster Abbey
- John Harrison, Exquisite Watch-Maker
- Peter Faneuil, and The Great Hall He Built
- Chauncy Jerome, Yankee Clock-Maker
- Captain Pierre Laclede Liguest, Pioneer
- Israel Putnam, Farmer
- George Flower, Pioneer
- Edward Coles, Noblest of the Pioneers, and His Great Speech
- Peter H. Burnett, Banker
- Gerrit Smith
- Peter Force, Printer
- John Bromfield, Merchant
- Frederick Tudor, Ice Exporter
- Myron Holley, Market-Gardener
- The Founders of Lowell
- Robert Owen, Cotton-Manufacturer
- John Smedley, Stocking-Manufacturer
- Richard Cobden, Calico Printer
- Henry Bessemer
- John Bright, Manufacturer
- Thomas Edward, Cobbler and Naturalist
- Robert Dick, Baker and Naturalist
- John Duncan, Weaver and Botanist
- James Lackington, Second-Hand Bookseller
- Horace Greeley's Start
- James Gordon Bennett, and How He Founded His "Herald"
- Three John Walters, and Their Newspaper
- George Hope
- Sir Henry Cole
- Charles Summers
- William B. Astor, House-Owner
- Peter Cooper
- Paris-Duverney, French Financier
- Sir Rowland Hill
- Marie-Antoine Careme, French Cook
- Wonderful Walker, Parson of All Work
- Sir Christopher Wren
- Sir John Rennie, Engineer
- Sir Moses Montefiore
- Marquis of Worcester, Inventor of the Steam Engine
- An Old Dry-Goods Merchant's Recollections
In this volume are presented examples of men who shed lustre upon ordinary pursuits, either by the superior manner in which they exercised them or by the noble use they made of the leisure which success in them usually gives. Such men are the nobility of republics.
Most of these chapters were published originally in "The Ledger" of New York, and a few of them in "The Youths' Companion" of Boston, the largest two circulations in the country. I have occasionally had reason to think that they were of some service to young readers, and I may add that they represent more labor and research than would be naturally supposed from their brevity. Perhaps in this new form they may reach and influence the minds of future leaders in the great and growing realm of business. I should pity any young man who could read the briefest account of what has been done in manufacturing towns by such men as John Smedley and Robert Owen without forming a secret resolve to do something similar if ever he should win the opportunity. (Summary from the Preface)
Most of these chapters were published originally in "The Ledger" of New York, and a few of them in "The Youths' Companion" of Boston, the largest two circulations in the country. I have occasionally had reason to think that they were of some service to young readers, and I may add that they represent more labor and research than would be naturally supposed from their brevity. Perhaps in this new form they may reach and influence the minds of future leaders in the great and growing realm of business. I should pity any young man who could read the briefest account of what has been done in manufacturing towns by such men as John Smedley and Robert Owen without forming a secret resolve to do something similar if ever he should win the opportunity. (Summary from the Preface)
There are no reviews for this eBook.
There are no comments for this eBook.
You must log in to post a comment.
Log in
