Project Gutenberg 2012-04-16 Public domain in the USA. 165 Roe, A. S. (Azel Stevens) 1798 1886 Roe, Azel Stevens I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success Produced by Delphine Lettau, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "I've Been Thinking; or, The Secret of Success" by A. S. Roe is a novel likely written in the mid-19th century. The story centers on two brothers, Jim and Ned Montjoy, who contemplate the future of their farming efforts and the limitations of their small, isolated community. They embark on an entrepreneurial adventure, exploring ways to sell their produce to nearby military personnel at a fort, with the aim of improving their family's circumstances. At the start of the book, the brothers discuss the challenges posed by their abundance of vegetables, leading Jim to propose a plan to sell their produce to soldiers rather than simply consuming everything themselves. As they strategize, they express concern over their situation without a father and the dependency on their mother. Jim's resolve to pursue selling vegetables inspires his brother, and they decide to approach their mother for permission to carry out the plan. The opening chapters establish their motivational dynamics, character backgrounds, and the setting of a socially and economically challenging environment, laying the groundwork for their upcoming adventures and endeavors for success. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39461/39461-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Fiction Success -- Fiction Diligence -- Fiction PZ PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 745839 2025-08-16T06:08:08.252926 text/html 750725 2012-04-16T10:04:48 text/html 459996 2025-08-16T06:08:15.856823 application/epub+zip 471148 2025-08-16T06:08:09.200854 application/epub+zip 353514 2025-08-16T06:08:08.754844 application/epub+zip 682328 2025-08-16T06:08:21.114775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 645862 2025-08-16T06:08:15.396862 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 528657 2022-09-18T06:14:53.206351 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 716915 2025-08-16T06:08:06.869854 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 716747 2012-04-16T10:04:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 716789 2012-04-16T10:04:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20643 2025-08-16T06:08:21.274768 application/rdf+xml 26062 2025-08-16T06:08:08.844839 image/jpeg 4130 2025-08-16T06:08:08.800876 image/jpeg 272131 2012-04-16T10:04:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 441696 2012-04-16T10:04:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 272108 2012-04-16T10:04:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 442118 2025-08-16T06:08:08.332875 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog