Project Gutenberg 2017-06-10 Public domain in the USA. 287 Merriman, Charles Eustace Kulz, Fred Letters from a Son to His Self-Made Father Being the Replies to Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Produced by David Garcia, Larry B. Harrison, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Letters from a Son to His Self-Made Father" by Charles Eustace Merriman is a collection of humorous epistolary letters written in the early 20th century. The book follows Pierrepont Graham, a college student at Harvard, as he writes to his father, John Graham, a self-made merchant in Chicago, discussing his life experiences, studies, and personal mishaps during his formative years. The letters reflect the generational divide between the father's practical, business-oriented perspective and the son's more whimsical and introspective view of life and education. The opening of the book introduces Pierrepont and sets the tone for his correspondence with his father. In his first letter, he describes the challenges of adjusting to college life, contrasting the expectations of his father's business acumen with the reality of his own experiences at Harvard. He humorously recounts the delivery of mundane but socially awkward situations, such as dealing with the unappetizing food linked to his father's company and the pressures of maintaining his family's reputation while navigating the social scene. Through witty observations and reflections on various amusing encounters, Pierrepont establishes a character that is both relatable and endearing, thereby inviting readers to join him in his journey of self-discovery and familial connection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Humorous stories Fathers and sons -- Fiction Epistolary fiction Children of the rich -- Fiction Lorimer, George Horace, 1869-1937. Letters from a self-made merchant to his son -- Parodies, imitations, etc. PS Text Category: Humour Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: American Literature 302385 2025-07-22T04:51:38.546678 text/html 284765 2024-10-23T02:12:14 text/html 619978 2025-07-22T04:51:43.196657 application/epub+zip 621959 2025-07-22T04:51:39.375678 application/epub+zip 197960 2025-07-22T04:51:38.949691 application/epub+zip 724900 2025-07-22T04:51:46.192688 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 688823 2025-07-22T04:51:42.666689 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 266414 2022-09-25T00:33:22.048145 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267054 2025-07-22T04:51:37.902716 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 247103 2024-10-23T02:12:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17556 2025-07-22T04:51:46.338644 application/rdf+xml 22315 2025-07-22T04:51:39.036679 image/jpeg 2675 2025-07-22T04:51:38.992703 image/jpeg 560927 2025-07-22T04:51:38.595676 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