From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine

From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine

From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander IrvineMy earliest sufferings were the sufferings of hungerphysical...
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Author: Irvine, Alexander,1863-1941
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From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine

From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine

$106.05 $53.00

From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine

$106.05 $53.00
Author: Irvine, Alexander,1863-1941
Format: eBook
Language: English

From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine

My earliest sufferings were the sufferings of hungerphysical hunger. It was not an unusual sight to see the children of our neighbourhood scratching the offal in the dunghills and the gutterways for scraps of meat, vegetables, and refuse. Many times I have done it myself. My father was a shoemaker; but something had gone wrong with the making of shoes. Improvements in machinery are pushed out into the commercial world, and explanations follow. A new shoemaker had arriveda machineand my father had to content himself with the mending of the work that the machine produced. It took him about ten years to find out what had happened to him. There were twelve children in our family, five of whom died in childhood. Those of us who were left were sent out to work as soon as we were able.[4] I began at the age of nine. My first work was peddling newspapers. I remember my first night in the streets. Food was scarce in the home, and I begged to be allowed to do what other boys were doing. But I was not quite so well prepared. I began in the winter. I was shoeless, hatless, and in rags. My contribution to the family treasury amounted to about fifty cents a week; but it looked very large to me then. It was my first earning. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 17881
Author: Irvine, Alexander
Release Date: Feb 27, 2006
Format: eBook
Language: English

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