The Self-Made Life: Rising by one’s own effort

The literature of self-improvement and ambition — Franklin and Washington, and the American faith that character is built, not given.

In this collection

• How a Prince Learned to Read
• The Education of an Engineer
• Two Years before the Mast
• William of Orange: Overcomer of Difficulties
• The Writings of Samuel Adams, Volume II: 1770-1773
• Been There Before
• The Beginning of the Sea Story of Australia
• Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany
• Representative Men
• The Moon and Sixpence
• A Successful Rehearsal
• Madame Ristori
• Raleigh
• Quia Imperfectum 1918
• All collections