Edward William Bok

Edward William Bok
Edward William Bok (1863–1930) was a Dutch-born American editor, author, and philanthropist. He is best known for his long tenure as editor of the "Ladies' Home Journal" from 1889 to 1919, during which he transformed the magazine into one of the most popular publications in the United States. Bok also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1921 for his autobiography "The Americanization of Edward Bok." In addition to his work in publishing, he was a prominent advocate for civic improvements and environmental conservation, founding the Bok Tower Gardens in Florida.

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IN WHOSE LIVES ARE FOUND THE SOURCE AND MAINSPRING OF SOME OF THE EFFORTS OF THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK IN HIS LATER YEARS Along an island in the North Sea, five miles from the Dutch Coast, stretches a dangerous ledge of rocks that has proved the graveyard of many a vessel sailing that turbulent sea. On this island once lived a group of men who, as each vessel was wrecked, looted the vessel and murdered... more...

INTRODUCTION In recent years American literature has been enriched by certain autobiographies of men and women who had been born abroad, but who had been brought to this country, where they grew up as loyal citizens of our great nation. Such assimilated Americans had to face not only the usual conditions confronting a stranger in a strange land, but had to develop within themselves the noble conception... more...

THE YOUNG MAN IN BUSINESS. A well-known New York millionaire gave it as his opinion not long ago that any young man possessing a good constitution and a fair degree of intelligence might acquire riches. The statement was criticised—literally picked to pieces—and finally adjudged as being extravagant. The figures then came out, gathered by a careful statistician, that of the young men in business in... more...