{"product_id":"life-and-labor-samuel-jr-smiles-9781410203526","title":"Life and Labor: Characteristics of Men of Industry Culture and Genius","description":"Written along the lines of the author's Self-Help and Character, this book shows readers what can be accomplished in life and labor by honest force of will and steady perseverance. \"The chapters on Over Brain-work and the Conditions of Health may be of use to those who work with their Brains too much and their Physical System too little. This part of the work has been to a certain extent the result of personal experience.\" Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was a zealous advocate of material progress based on individual enterprise and free trade. From 1845 to 1866 he was engaged in railway administration, and in 1857 he published a life of the inventor and founder of the railways, George Stephenson. Best known for his didactic work Self-Help (1859), which, with its successors, Character (1871), Thrift (1875), and Duty (1880), enshrined the basic Victorian values associated with the \"gospel of work.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Jr. Smiles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1410203522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781410203526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of the Pacific\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.12d","brand":"Samuel Jr. Smiles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47001412632831,"sku":"9781410203526","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_286d0309-18f3-4dc3-a946-367b4c8de23d.jpg?v=1751600997","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-and-labor-samuel-jr-smiles-9781410203526","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}