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Excerpt from Derrick and Drill: Or, an Insight Into the Discovery, Development, and Present Condition and Future Prospects of Petroleum, in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, &C, But, even in this promiscuous collection of articles, there will be found a mass of facts and opinions which will possess a certain value with all who are seeking information on the subject. The development of the vast oil interest, in Pennsylvania, is of to...

Excerpt from How to Get a Farm, and Where to Find One The rich man needs no such work as this. His ample purse will enable him to purchase land where-ever his fancy may lead, paying for other men's improvements, and lavishly expending his means on new ones. He has his idols in common with the poor man. The first thought of the former is to improve and embellish, that of the latter is simply to acquire. The now wealthy man was at one time act...

Showing how a Very Small Farm may be made to Keep a Very Large Family. With Extensive and Profitable Experience in the Cultivation of the Smaller Fruits. First published in 1864 and reprinted from the eighth edition of 1866.

Excerpt from Farming for Boys Among the multitude of recent publications designed exclusively for boys there are very few which set before them the superior charm, as well as the general superior safety, of a farmer's life. The pervading tendency of modern publications for the youthful mind has been to fit them for trade or commerce in the great cities, as if those human hives were the only spots whereon men could be prosperous and happy. Exa...

Excerpt from Ten Acres Enough: Practical Experience Showing How a Very Small Farm May Be Made to Keep a Very Large Family These two cases are typical, not exceptional. After becoming acquainted with the inner life of the owners Of these holdings - for there are really only two kinds, small fruit and vegetable holdings, and large cattle, sheep, grain and hay ranches - one does not hesitate to choose between them. About the Publisher Forgotte...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeThirty years ago, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. A collector's item in its original edition, it has never been out of print as a paperback. This classic book is now reissued in hardcover, along with Theodore Rex, to coincide with the publication of Colonel Roosevelt, the third and concluding volume of Edmun...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeDescribed by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic, " The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time. The publication of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt on September 14th, 2001 marks the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt becoming president.

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How to Drop the Crime, Crowding, and High Cost of Living - and Make a Real Living Thought about living a peaceful, quiet, and safe life? Do you think a healthy farming lifestyle has to be done on a huge scale? Think again. "Too many in these several classes think they know enough. They measure a man's knowledge by the number of his acres. Hence, in their eyes the owner of a plot so humble as mine must know so little as to be unable to teach th...

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