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Overview"MY FATHER-IN-LAW WAS BORN IN 1938, in a house without a toilet, in a flyspeck of a town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. His grandfathers were both lumberjacks. His father was a plowman. If anything was expected of Franklin St. John at all, it was that he would follow one of those two career paths. Instead, through more quirks of fate that can quickly be recounted, he became, of all things, a metallurgical engineer. . . . What he sees as a personal account of random events that happened to him, I view as a story of 20th century America itself. He is a legitimate rags-to-riches tale, a Horatio Alger story-the sort of character who isn't much seen outside of fiction. He's the American Dream made flesh, a popular myth come to life. ""You're that rarest of things,"" I told him. ""Something people talk about all the time, but hardly ever encounter: A self-made millionaire."" This book, by LA Times best-selling author Greg Olear, is that story." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Greg OlearPublisher: Four Sticks Press Imprint: Four Sticks Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.281kg ISBN: 9798985931921Pages: 218 Publication Date: 09 June 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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