Project Gutenberg 2005-02-24 Public domain in the USA. 106 McCabe, James Dabney 1842 1883 Martin, Edward Winslow McCabe, James D. (James Dabney) Bensell, Edmund Birckhead 1842 1894 Bensell, E. B. (Edmund Birckhead) Bensell, George F. (George Frederick) 1837 1879 Bensell, George Frederick Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Dave Macfarlane, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made" by James Dabney McCabe is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work chronicles the lives of notable self-made individuals in America, illustrating their struggles and triumphs as they navigate the challenges of business and society. The book emphasizes the principles and perseverance that contributed to their success, offering valuable lessons to aspiring entrepreneurs. The opening of the book presents a preface emphasizing the unique American spirit that allows for the quick recognition and reward of genius and hard work. McCabe discusses the drive instilled in the American populace to learn from the histories of successful men, aiming to inspire those in pursuit of their fortunes. The preface also makes clear that "great fortunes" shouldn't solely refer to monetary wealth, but rather, to notable achievements in various fields, setting the stage for the biographies of individuals such as Stephen Girard, which follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Biography CT Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American 1298459 1273791 2024-09-07T04:10:41.621522 2023-07-07T06:43:17.331135 text/html text/html 1292882 2023-10-20T14:15:33 text/html 2258282 2024-09-07T04:10:56.462944 application/epub+zip 2267059 2024-09-07T04:10:43.987526 application/epub+zip 550755 2024-09-07T04:10:42.633617 application/epub+zip 2649631 2024-09-07T04:11:06.774886 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2577032 2024-09-07T04:10:54.497912 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 884770 2022-09-07T20:15:54.210239 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1156404 1156305 2024-09-07T04:10:39.924544 2023-09-07T06:15:35.077365 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1156108 2023-10-20T14:11:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16914 2024-09-07T04:11:06.952851 application/rdf+xml 16605 2024-09-07T04:10:43.016480 image/jpeg 3867 2024-09-07T04:10:42.824544 image/jpeg 2150190 2024-09-07T04:10:41.805559 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia