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Affaires · En anglais · 1902

Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

Les lettres drôles et franches d'un empaqueteur de Chicago à son fils sur le travail, l'argent et la façon de ne pas faire l'idiot.

21 chapitres · environ 4 h de lecture

Ouverture du livre

Ouverture du livre

Le début du livre

Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy."

I. From John Graham, at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago, to his son, Pierrepont, at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Pierrepont has just become a member, in good and regular standing, of the Freshman class. 1

II. From John Graham, at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago, to his son, Pierrepont, at Harvard University. Mr. Pierrepont's expense account has just passed under his father's eye, and has furnished him with a text for some plain particularities. 15

Sommaire

  1. 01Opening
  2. 02I CHICAGO, October 1, 189-
  3. 03II CHICAGO, May 4, 189-
  4. 04III June 1, 189-
  5. 05IV June 25, 189-
  6. 06V July 7, 189-
  7. 07VI PRIVATE CAR PARNASSUS, Aug. 15, 189-
  8. 08VII OMAHA, September 1, 189-
  9. 09VIII HOT SPRINGS, January 15, 189-
  10. 10IX HOT SPRINGS, January 30, 189-
  11. 11X CHICAGO, March 1, 189-
  12. 12XI CHICAGO, April 10, 189-
  13. 13XII CHICAGO, April 15, 189-
  14. 14XIII CHICAGO, May 10, 189-
  15. 15XIV CHICAGO, July 15, 189-
  16. 16XV CHICAGO, September 1, 189-
  17. 17XVI KARLSBAD, October 6, 189-
  18. 18XVII LONDON, October 24, 189-
  19. 19XVIII LONDON, October 27, 189-
  20. 20XIX NEW YORK, November 4, 189-
  21. 21XX BOSTON, November 11, 189-

À propos de cette édition

Domaine public : l’auteur est mort en 1937, il y a plus de soixante-dix ans, et le livre a paru pour la première fois en 1902. Il peut être lu, copié et partagé librement dans l’UE, en Russie et aux États-Unis.

Nous avons retiré l’habillage de la source, recollé les lignes et découpé le livre en chapitres. Les mots sont ceux de l’auteur.

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