Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

I dont care how much or how little money you make-I want you to understand that theres only one place in the world where you can live a happy life and thats inside your income. A family thats living beyond its means is simply a business thats losing money and its bound to go smash. -from V: New York December 8 189- Chicago pork magnate John Graham is a thorough success in business... except when it comes to his neer-do-well son Pierrepont who never seems to need the end of his fathers no-nonsense advice on being a boss being a husband and being a man. This delightful 1904 book-a sequel to Lorimers 1901 Letters From a Self-Made Merchant to His Son-is ostensibly a work of fiction taking the form of exasperated letters from Graham to his would-be protégé but its still a genuine source of down-home counsel on how to hire family (carefully) how to drink on the job (dont) when to apologize to a wife (always) and more. American journalist GEORGE HORACE LORIMER (1867-1937) was editor in chief of the Saturday Evening Post from 1899 to 1936 leading the magazine to the heights of its popularity. He is also the author of False Gods (1906).