James Lorin Richards
Subtitle: The Story of a New England Industrialist
By: By William Thomas Cloney, Jr. - Associate Professor of English - Northeastern University
Publisher: The Abbey Press; Rand Avery-Gordon Taylor, Inc.
Published: 1948
Place of publication: Boston, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Format: Softcover
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Richards, James Lorin, -- 1858-1955
Genres: Biography
First sentence: Foreword:  Fortunate is the man whose success is measured in terms of kindliness as well as wealth, whose accomplishments are prompted by public good rather than by private expediency, whose legacy combines a brave promise to the future with a full salute to the past.

Chapter 1:  Like so many successful Americans, James Lorin Richards had a farmer's heritage, for he was born on a farm in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, on January 8, 1858, the son of Rodolphus P. and Sarah E. (Burt) Richards.
Table of contents: label: Foreword
pagenum: ix
title: Foreword; label: I
pagenum: 3
title: Personal History; label: II
pagenum: 13
title: The Tobacco Story; label: III
pagenum: 23
title: Transportation and Transition; label: IV
pagenum: 49
title: Miracles in Gas; label: V
pagenum: 73
title: Building and Empire; label: VI
pagenum: 91
title: Benefactions; label: VII
pagenum: 109
title: Conclusion; label: Appendix
pagenum: 113
title: Appendix