Letters of a self-made failure

by Maurice Switzer

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

190 pages, Paperback

First published June 3, 2013

Reviews

[Kevan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Several years ago, I discovered a very old and ragged copy of this and purchased it to add to my collection of historic books. The premise seemed intriguing enough and the title made me laugh. I finally grabbed it from my bookshelf to read last week and couldn’t put it down! Very witty and creative with a number of pithy insights about employment, money, and society interspersed throughout. All said, it’s a very entertaining book with short chapters full of humor and wisdom — in some ways like some of Ben Franklin’s writings. I’d certainly read again and would recommend.