A Book About Myself - Couverture souple

Dreiser, Theodore

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1445548518 ISBN 13 : 9781445548517

Editeur : Read Books, 2010

Synopsis

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Tt Ty7 89 Tjad been fonnnlating my first dim n Qti(aias to what it was I wanted to do in life. For two years and more I had been reading Eugene Field stharps and Fla column he wrote daily for the Chicago Dady ifetffs, and through this, the various phases of life which he suggested in a humorous though at times romantic way, I was beginning to suspect, vaguely at first, that I wanted to write, possibly something like that. Nothing else that I had so far read novels, plays, poems, histories gave me quite the same feeling for constructive thought as did the matter of his daily notes, poems, and aphorisms, which were of Chicago principally, whereas nearly all others dealt with foreign scenes and i)eople. But this comment on local life here and now, these tren chant bits on local street scenes, institutions, characters, functions, all moved me as nothing hitherto had. To me Chicago at this time seetheji thjt. peculiarly human or realistic atmosphere. lt is giteii to some cities, as to some lands Jojuggest romance, and to me Chicago did that hourly. i Tlt sang, I thought, and in spite of what I deemed my various troubles ,small enough as I now see them I was singing with it. These seemingly drear neighborhoods through which I walked each day, doing collecting for an easy-payment furniture company,these ponderous regions of large homes where newwealthy packers and manufacturers dwelt, these curiously foreign neighborhoods of almost all nationalities; and, lastly, that great downtown area, surrounded on two sides by the river, on the east by the lake, and on the south by railroad yards and stations, the whole set with these new tall buildings, the wonder of the western world, fascinated me.
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About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folkl

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1445548518
• ISBN 13: 9781445548517
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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