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The American Myth of Success
From Horatio Alger to Norman Vincent Peale
Richard Weiss
Paper978-0-252-06043-4
$20.00
| Pub Date: | 1988 |
| Pages: | 288 pages |
"A rich and rewarding book, one that has stood up well under the test of time, and one that still provides readers with significant insights."--David Herbert Donald, author of Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe
"An exceptionally perceptive history of the cult of striving and success in American culture written with great clarity, and with a keen sense of the social and intellectual currents of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries."--Joseph Boskin, author of Sambo: The Rise and Demise of an American Jester
Subjects:
History, Am.: 19th C. / History, Am.: 20th C.
