Vol. 2, Issue 10

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May 20, 2005

The Go-Getter: A Story That Tells You How To Be One
by Peter B. Kyne

Written in 1921, Peter Kyne produced a short story that will pertain to anyone’s life through the ages. The Go-Getter: A Story That Tells You How To Be One is just that; and it gets to the point. Only 62 pages, it follows Mr. William E. Peck, a soldier from WWII who has found that in order to get a job, he must force himself into the workforce. While enlisted, Peck broke his leg, giving him a permanent limp as well as having his left arm amputated at the elbow.

A simple man who wants a simple job, Peck has made his way up the corporate food chain of a wholesale lumber and shipping company, finally getting the chance to tell his story to the owner, Mr. Alden “Cappy” Ricks. Cappy agrees to give Peck a position as he was once a soldier himself.

Throughout this easy-to-read story, you’ll find the things that this disabled American soldier did to get a job can be applied to your everyday life; trust me, it’s already worked for me.

 

 
I love books! All books, and I'm not ashamed to admit it (I've even read a romance or two). I've read, and seen, every installment of Harry Potter, and just about every book by John Grisham. I love the ones that make me cry, like The Island of the Blud Dolphiins by Scott O'dell; and the ones that make me laugh, like Ellen Degeneres in her autobiography, My Point.... And I Do Have One.

With these reviews, I hope to get you hooked, or re-hooked if it’s been awhile since you're picked up one of these paper treasures. I will even rate the books I review, but my rating system has only two grades, Must Have and Must Read. The Must Haves are for those books that should be in your own personal library. The Must Reads are those that may not be good enough to own, but are well worth reading so you may want to borrow them from a friend or check them out at the library. I’m not sure there are any books that aren’t worth reading – simply because you learn something by reading any book.

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