Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen, credited to Elbert Hubbard, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen by Elbert Hubbard. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of the subject and their work. In this eleventh volume (of fourteen) he reflects on the lives of great businessmen active chiefly in England and the US. Included are Robert Owen, James Oliver, Stephen Girard, Mayer A. Rothschild, Philip D. Armour, John J. Astor, Peter Cooper, Andrew Carnegie, George Peabody, A. T. Stewart, H. H. Rogers, and James J. Hill (Summary by Lucy Perry and Ava) This is Volume 11 in a series of 14 books.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen
• Author credits: Elbert Hubbard
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 10:00:52

Catalogue topics

• USA
• biography
• england
• wealth
• businessmen

Track guide

1. 01 - Robert Owen, Part 1 — 30:04
2. 02 - Robert Owen, Part 2 — 33:23
3. 03 - James Oliver, Part 1 — 25:00
4. 04 - James Oliver, Part 2 — 24:15
5. 05 - Stephen Girard, Part 1 — 20:44
6. 06 - Stephen Girard, Part 2 — 18:38
7. 07 - Mayer A. Rothschild, Part 1 — 33:24
8. 08 - Mayer A. Rothschild, Part 2 — 29:23
9. 09 - Philip D. Armour, Part 1 — 27:58
10. 10 - Philip D. Armour, Part 2 — 27:19
11. 11 - John J. Astor, Part 1 — 20:39
12. 12 - John J. Astor, Part 2 — 26:00
13. 13 - Peter Cooper, Part 1 — 19:11
14. 14 - Peter Cooper, Part 2 — 19:41
15. 15 - Andrew Carnegie, Part 1 — 26:31
16. 16 - Andrew Carnegie, Part 2 — 23:50
17. 17 - George Peabody, Part 1 — 20:59
18. 18 - George Peabody, Part 2 — 19:56
19. 19 - A. T. Stewart — 38:28
20. 20 - H. H. Rogers, Part 1 — 33:57
21. 21 - H. H. Rogers, Part 2 — 31:58
22. 22 - James J. Hill, Part 1 — 23:58
23. 23 - James J. Hill, Part 2 — 25:36

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