Glory and Dreams: My Life, My American Dream

Author: (USA) Edward Bok
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Publishing Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This is an autobiography written in the third person by Edward Bok, founder of The Ladies' Home Journal. It chronicles how a poor Dutch boy with extremely limited education, after coming to the United States, struggled to be understood and even failed to comprehend others, yet through years of effort, broke through his destiny to found the magazine with the largest circulation in history. How did all this happen? How did this boy who had to overcome every difficulty achieve "success"? What is the underlying meaning and value? This is what the book aims to answer! It is the glory and dream of Edward Bok, and also the glory and dream of every person today! This book, alongside The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, has been included as one of the "50 Self-Help Classics."