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The Go-Getter
An impossible assignment, a blue vase, and the resourcefulness of a man determined to finish what he starts.
Bill Peck asks for a chance to prove himself at a lumber company. What begins as a sales assignment becomes a test of judgement and determination, culminating in the search for a blue vase. The story makes its argument through obstacles that demand a fresh response, one after another.
Why I kept it
I didn't really like it.
Peter B. Kyne first published The Go-Getter in 1921. It is a short story about Bill Peck, a go-getter who never gives up and is eventually rewarded, built around an impossible assignment and a blue vase.
The English is very old, and the story did not do much for me. It stays on the shelf because it is part of what I read, not because I recommend it.
Author
Peter B. Kyne was an American novelist and short-story writer. Born in San Francisco in 1880, he drew on working life and business for stories about character, persistence and responsibility. The Go-Getter was first published in 1921 and remains one of his best-known works.
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- Binding
- Paperback
- W × H × D
- 152.4 × 228.6 × 3 mm
- Publisher
- BNPublishing
ISBN 9784557813962
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