Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen

About this film

LibriVox recording of Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen by Elbert Hubbard. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of the subject and their work. In this eleventh volume (of fourteen) he reflects on the lives of great businessmen active chiefly in England and the US. Included are Robert Owen, James Oliver, Stephen Girard, Mayer A. Rothschild, Philip D. Armour, John J. Astor, Peter Cooper, Andrew Carnegie, George Peabody, A. T. Stewart, H. H. Rogers, and James J. Hill (Summary by Lucy Perry and Ava) This is Volume 11 in a series of 14 books. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (275MB)

Directors & creators

Elbert Hubbard

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; USA; biography; england; wealth; businessmen;

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