It may be set down as a safe proposition that every man is a bewildered maverick when he wanders out of his own little bailiwick. Did you ever see a stock broker on a stock farm, or a cow puncher at the Waldorf?A man may be a large duck in his private puddle, but when he strikes deep and strange waters he forgets how to swim.Take some captain of industry who resides in a large city of the Middle West. At home he is unquestionably IT. Everyone knows the size of his bank account, and when he rides down to business in the ...
Read More
It may be set down as a safe proposition that every man is a bewildered maverick when he wanders out of his own little bailiwick. Did you ever see a stock broker on a stock farm, or a cow puncher at the Waldorf?A man may be a large duck in his private puddle, but when he strikes deep and strange waters he forgets how to swim.Take some captain of industry who resides in a large city of the Middle West. At home he is unquestionably IT. Everyone knows the size of his bank account, and when he rides down to business in the morning the conductor of the trolley holds the car for him. His fellow passengers are delighted to get a favouring nod from him. When he sails into the new office building the elevator captain gives him a cheery but deferential "good morning." In his private office he sits at a $500 roll top desk from Grand Rapids, surrounded by push buttons, and when he gives the word someone is expected to hop. At noon he goes to his club for luncheon. The head waiter jumps over two chairs to get at him and relieve him of his hat and then leads him to the most desirable table and hovers over him even as a mother hen broods over her first born.This Distinguished Citizen, director of the First National Bank, trustee of the Cemetery Association, member of the Advisory Committee of the Y.M.C.A., president of the Saturday Night Poker Club, head of the Commercial Club, and founder of the Wilson County Trotting Association, is a whale when he is seated on his private throne in the corn belt. He rides the whirlwind and commands the storm. The local paper speaks of him in bated capital letters, and he would be more or less than human if he failed to believe that he was a very large gun.Take this same Business Behemoth and set him down in Paris or Rome or Naples. With a red guide book clutched helplessly in his left hand and his right hand free, so that he can dig up the currency of the realm every thirty seconds, he sets forth to become acquainted with medi???val architecture and the work of the old masters. He is just as helpless and apprehensive as a country boy at Coney Island. The guides and cabmen bullyrag him. Newsboys and beggars pester him with impunity. Children in the street stop to laugh at his Kansas City hat known to the trade as a Fedora. When he goes into a shop the polite brigand behind the showcase charges him two prices and gives him bad money for change.
Read Less
Add this copy of In Pastures New to cart. $7.20, good condition, Sold by Small World Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1903 by R.H. Russell.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
John T. McCutcheon and Others. Good. No DJ. Book. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. Gift inscription on front endpaper dated Christmas 1903, otherwise unmarked, solid copy. Decorative green covers with moderate wear from handling, shelfwear with moderate fading. Interior clean.
Add this copy of In Pastures New to cart. $8.04, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2016 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Likely first edition-copyright date 1906 with no later printings listed. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Ex-lib, but only indicator is borrowing card pocket affixed to rear endpaper. No other library stamps or markings. Cover frayed at edges, light shelfwear with age. Binding cocked, spine cracked but all pages intact. Yellowing to page edges. Text clean and unmarked. Good reading copy.
Add this copy of In Pastures New to cart. $12.52, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Alpha Edition.
Add this copy of In Pastures New to cart. $15.30, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2024 by Culturea.
Add this copy of In Pastures New to cart. $18.00, very good condition, Sold by Library Market rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waynesville, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1906 by McClure, Philips & Co.
Add this copy of In Pastures New to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1906 by McClure, Phillips & Co.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
First edition. Owner name, light bleedthrough on endpapers, small clip to front fly, Very good or a bit better, no dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Add this copy of In Pastures New to cart. $20.57, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2023 by Legare Street Press.
Add this copy of In Pastures New to cart. $23.86, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Hardpress Publishing.
Add this copy of In Pastures New to cart. $23.88, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Hardpress Publishing.
