{"product_id":"captains-of-industry-james-parton-9781410100627","title":"Captains of Industry: Men of Business Who did Something Good Besides Making Money","description":"In this volume are presented examples of men who shed luster upon ordinary pursuits, either by the superior manner in which they exercised them or by the noble use they made of the leisure which success in them usually gives. Such men are the nobility of republics. The American people were fortunate in having at an early period an ideal man of this kind in Benjamin Franklin, who, at the age of forty-two, just mid-way in his life, deliberately relinquished the most profitable business of its kind in the colonies for the sole purpose of developing electrical science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Parton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1410100626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781410100627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fredonia Books (NL)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.06d","brand":"James Parton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438992601343,"sku":"9781410100627","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0d86bd1-620f-4ba8-bb6d-d76d6fe2fa93.jpg?v=1777174707","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/captains-of-industry-james-parton-9781410100627","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}