Project Gutenberg 2007-06-28 Public domain in the USA. 191 Lorimer, George Horace 1869 1937 38000177 Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son 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." Produced by Anne Storer, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son" by George Horace Lorimer is a collection of letters written in the early 20th century. The correspondence is between John Graham, a successful merchant in the meatpacking industry, and his son, Pierrepont, who is attending Harvard University. Through these letters, Graham imparts wisdom on education, work ethic, and character development, reflecting on his own experiences as a self-made man. The letters provide both practical advice and personal anecdotes, illustrating the father-son dynamic and the transition between youth and adult responsibilities. At the start of the narrative, we see John Graham’s heartfelt yet humorous approach to educating his son. He encourages Pierrepont to embrace the opportunities for learning at Harvard while emphasizing that character is more important than mere academic success. Graham discusses various life lessons, touching on subjects like the importance of financial prudence, the realities of work, and the need for common sense in business. He stresses that an education should not just be about acquiring knowledge but also about learning how to apply that knowledge effectively in the real world. Throughout this initial portion, readers get a clear sense of Graham’s personality—pragmatic, candid, and ultimately invested in his son’s development into a capable adult. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Didactic fiction Fathers and sons -- Fiction Epistolary fiction Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction Merchants -- Fiction Men -- Conduct of life -- Fiction Social ethics -- Fiction PS Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 339870 339876 2024-09-09T11:54:07.794914 2023-09-10T04:50:00.540867 text/html text/html 346168 2007-06-28T17:49:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1607832 2007-06-28T17:50:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1619929 2024-09-09T11:54:15.222908 application/epub+zip 1623056 2024-09-09T11:54:09.686948 application/epub+zip 159678 2024-09-09T11:54:08.499958 application/epub+zip 1007923 2024-09-09T11:54:19.171861 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 960601 2024-09-09T11:54:13.966915 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 230542 2022-09-10T10:13:00.466318 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307602 307500 2024-09-09T11:54:07.093918 2023-09-10T04:49:59.888846 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 307767 2007-06-28T17:48:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 111569 2007-06-28T17:50:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 307757 2007-06-28T17:48:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 111545 2007-06-28T17:50:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22309 2024-09-09T11:54:19.324862 application/rdf+xml 16102 2024-09-09T11:54:08.587925 image/jpeg 2580 2024-09-09T11:54:08.543906 image/jpeg 1627563 2024-09-09T11:54:07.873914 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