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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great read - fun and full of little nuggets of parental wisdom, most still valid to this dayBy Marcelo GoncalvesGreat short book about a fathers letters to his son. As his son is leaving for college, ge starts writing letters which covers all spectrum of common sense, which are still applicable to this day (most of them).Ligh hearted , funny and full of little stories to illustrate his point to his son.I thoroughly enjoyed this little book!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Terrific book. Lots to digest.By Samir T. PatelGreat book. Almost wish it were a true set of letters. However as a businessman myself, the parables are worth remembering.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. humor and good lessonsBy Uncle Charliehumor and good lessons

George Horace Lorimer was an American journalist and author best known as the editor of The Saturday Evening Post. During his editorial reign, the Post rose from a circulation of several thousand to over a million. He is credited with promoting or discovering a large number of American writers like . Lorimer's Letters From A Self- Made Merchant To His Son is a timeless collection of Gilded Age aphorisms from a rich man - a prosperous pork- packer in Chicago to his son, Pierrepont, whom he 'affectionately' calls 'Piggy.' The writing is subtle and brilliant.

From Publishers WeeklyPerhaps this book was a big hit when it first appeared in 1902, but it is preachy and unquaintly old-fashioned to the contemporary reader. Lorimer was an editor at the Saturday Evening Post, and this appears to be nothing more than a puffed-up piece from that magazine. The first "letter," written to Pierrepont Graham, a freshman at Harvard, by his pork-packing father in Chicago, contains all sorts of fatherly advice about college life, and what a young man should and should not do. But, as Pierrepont ages and goes to work in Dad's company, the homilies continue with few variations, and the folksy examples (one per chapter) of how not to behave, plus endless metaphors, become boring, and the book's conceit wears thin. There is much advice (indeed, that is all the book contains), but as Graham senior himself notes, it is the same advice that young men always hear. However, there are a few bright spots. Graham's rules for business conversation are useful and still timely: "Have something to say. Say it. Stop talking." Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Library JournalThese fictional correspondences first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and were collected into a single volume in 1902. With its portraits of small- town life, humor, and wisdom, this title was a huge success at a time when our country was a simpler place. Today, this serves as a sterling piece of Americana.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.About the Author George Horace Lorimer (October 6, 1867 ndash; October 22, 1937) was an American journalist and author. He is best known as the editor of The Saturday Evening Post. During his editorial reign, the Post rose from a circulation of several thousand to over a million. He is credited with promoting or discovering a large number of American writers, e.g. Jack London. Lorimer was born in Louisville, , the son of the Rev. George C. Lorimer and Belle Burford Lorimer. He attended Moseley High School in Chicago, Colby College, and . In 1899 he became editor-in-chief of The Saturday Evening Post, and remained in charge until the last day of 1936, about a year before his death from throat cancer. He served also as vice president, president, and chairman of Curtis Publishing Company, which publishes the Post. In the early 1900s Lorimer published several books, including 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."

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