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Emerson on Sound Money
Year
2019
Language
ENGLISH
Publication Information
Read Books Ltd.
Summary
First published in 1896, "Emerson on Sound Money" is the transcript of a speech delivered by Willis G. Emerson to the Young Men's Republican Club at Lockerby Hall Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1896. The speech primarily concerns money and finances, referring to the contemporary political situation and providing suggestions as to how it can be improved. Willis George Emerson (1856 – 1918) was an American lawyer, novelist, politician, and founder of the North American Copper Company and the town of Encampment in Wyoming. His most famous novel is "The Smoky God, or A Voyage Journey to the Inner Earth", presented as a real account penned by the author in 1908 concerning the escapades of a Norwegian sailor named Olaf Jansen who sailed through a hole to the Earth's interior at the North Pole.