The Americanization of Edward Bok
The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After
Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Edward William Bok | ISBN: | 9781775413738 |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press | Publication: | January 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The Floating Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edward William Bok |
| ISBN: | 9781775413738 |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press |
| Publication: | January 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The Floating Press |
| Language: | English |
The Americanization of Edward Bok is an autobiography, told in the third person, that shares the life of a little Dutch boy unceremoniously set down in America unable to make himself understood or even to know what persons were saying; his education extremely limited, practically negligible; and yet, by some curious decree of fate, he was destined to write to the largest body of readers ever addressed by an American editor - the circulation of the magazine he edited running into figures previously unheard of in periodical literature. How all this came about, how such a boy, with every disadvantage to overcome, was able, apparently, to "make good" - this possesses an interest and for some, perhaps, a value which, after all, is the only reason for any book.
The Americanization of Edward Bok is an autobiography, told in the third person, that shares the life of a little Dutch boy unceremoniously set down in America unable to make himself understood or even to know what persons were saying; his education extremely limited, practically negligible; and yet, by some curious decree of fate, he was destined to write to the largest body of readers ever addressed by an American editor - the circulation of the magazine he edited running into figures previously unheard of in periodical literature. How all this came about, how such a boy, with every disadvantage to overcome, was able, apparently, to "make good" - this possesses an interest and for some, perhaps, a value which, after all, is the only reason for any book.
