1920. The memoirs of Perry Whiting, a founder of one of the pioneer distributors of building materials in southern California, the Whiting-Mead Company. Whiting writes in the dedication: I dedicate these memoirs to the young men and women who have an ambition to become successful in life's struggle, hoping that reading of my varied experiences will inspire some of you to become thrifty and save sufficiently while young and strong, to supply your needs when old and weak.
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i have already reviewed this item. i was very pleased with the book. i have been looking for this book for about30 or so years. it was a gift for my sons birthday. . he was very pleased with it. also while he was looking through it we discovered 3 newspaper articals about perry whiting.
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A WAY BACK IN 1866, Ryerson Whiting, a bashful young lumberjack of 18, was working for his uncle, Abe Moyer, in the lumber woods of Lapeer County, Michigan. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
propeller wood, chicken coop door, sow belly Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, San Diego, Grand Rapids, Uncle Meb, East Jordan, San Francisco, Ocean Park, Pine Lake, Santa Monica, Billy Mead, New York, Ninth Street, San Pedro, Seventh Street, Fifth Avenue, Grandfather Healey, Perry Whiting, Uncle Isaac, Boyne City, Sixth Street, Arkansas City, Dark Canyon, Hebrew Uncle, San Jacinto Mountains, San Quentin New!
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A WAY BACK IN 1866, Ryerson Whiting, a bashful young lumberjack of 18, was working for his uncle, Abe Moyer, in the lumber woods of Lapeer County, Michigan. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
propeller wood, chicken coop door, sow belly Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, San Diego, Grand Rapids, Uncle Meb, East Jordan, San Francisco, Ocean Park, Pine Lake, Santa Monica, Billy Mead, New York, Ninth Street, San Pedro, Seventh Street, Fifth Avenue, Grandfather Healey, Perry Whiting, Uncle Isaac, Boyne City, Sixth Street, Arkansas City, Dark Canyon, Hebrew Uncle, San Jacinto Mountains, San Quentin New!
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