Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen

by Elbert Hubbard

Biography & Autobiography Business & Economics

23 chapters10h 0mEnglish1916

About this book

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 volume 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 Availle) This is Volume 11 in a series of 14 books.

Chapters (23)

1Robert Owen, Part 1

1804

2Robert Owen, Part 2

2003

3James Oliver, Part 1

1500

4James Oliver, Part 2

1455

5Stephen Girard, Part 1

1244

6Stephen Girard, Part 2

1118

7Mayer A. Rothschild, Part 1

2004

8Mayer A. Rothschild, Part 2

1763

9Philip D. Armour, Part 1

1678

10Philip D. Armour, Part 2

1639

11John J. Astor, Part 1

1239

12John J. Astor, Part 2

1560

13Peter Cooper, Part 1

1151

14Peter Cooper, Part 2

1181

15Andrew Carnegie, Part 1

1591

16Andrew Carnegie, Part 2

1430

17George Peabody, Part 1

1259

18George Peabody, Part 2

1196

19A. T. Stewart

2308

20H. H. Rogers, Part 1

2037

21H. H. Rogers, Part 2

1918

22James J. Hill, Part 1

1438

23James J. Hill, Part 2

1536

Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen

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Chapters (23)

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