Biography · In English · 1920
The Americanization of Edward Bok
An immigrant boy who sweeps floors becomes editor of America's biggest magazine and wins a Pulitzer Prize, in his own account.
29 chapters · about 8 h of reading
Opening the book
How the book begins
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To the American woman I owe much, but to two women I owe more, My mother and my wife. And to them I dedicate this account of the boy to whom one gave birth and brought to manhood and the other blessed with all a home and family may mean.
This book was to have been written in 1914, when I foresaw some leisure to write it, for I then intended to retire from active editorship. But the war came, an entirely new set of duties commanded, and the project was laid aside.
Contents
- 01Opening
- 02Rutherford B. Hayes
- 03Oliver Wendell Holmes." (1/7)
- 04Oliver Wendell Holmes." (2/7)
- 05Oliver Wendell Holmes." (3/7)
- 06Oliver Wendell Holmes." (4/7)
- 07Oliver Wendell Holmes." (5/7)
- 08Oliver Wendell Holmes." (6/7)
- 09Oliver Wendell Holmes." (7/7)
- 10"Send Ten Cents for a Year." (1/4)
- 11"Send Ten Cents for a Year." (2/4)
- 12"Send Ten Cents for a Year." (3/4)
- 13"Send Ten Cents for a Year." (4/4)
- 14"My Dear Mr. Bok:
- 15"Mark Twain." (1/15)
- 16"Mark Twain." (2/15)
- 17"Mark Twain." (3/15)
- 18"Mark Twain." (4/15)
- 19"Mark Twain." (5/15)
- 20"Mark Twain." (6/15)
- 21"Mark Twain." (7/15)
- 22"Mark Twain." (8/15)
- 23"Mark Twain." (9/15)
- 24"Mark Twain." (10/15)
- 25"Mark Twain." (11/15)
- 26"Mark Twain." (12/15)
- 27"Mark Twain." (13/15)
- 28"Mark Twain." (14/15)
- 29"Mark Twain." (15/15)
About this edition
Public domain: the author died in 1930, more than seventy years ago, and the book was first published in 1920. It is free to read, copy and share in the EU, Russia and the United States.
We removed the source's wrapper, rejoined the lines and split the book into chapters. The words are the author's.