The Go-Getter (1921)

by Peter Kyne

Overview

The Go-Getter is a book written by author Peter Kyne about Peck, who is a veteran of war and double amputee, and is hired by a logging company as a joke which is being played on several employees with poor job performance. Peck surprises his employer when he works hard and sells poor quality lumber at high prices. This is an excellent, timeless title for salespeople and employees which shows them that if they work hard, they can achieve anything and Peter Kyne's writing style is both positive and motivating. This title is often given to salespeople and employees in general by corporations and companies as a highly motivating book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594621864
Publisher:	Book Jungle
Publication date:	07/13/2006
Pages:	68
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

A native of San Francisco, Peter B. Kyne was a prolific screenwriter and the author of the 1920 bestseller Kindred of the Dust. His stories of Cappy Ricks and the Rick's Logging & Lumbering Company were serialized in The Saturday Evening Post and William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan magazine. He died in 1957.

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The Go-Getter

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By Peter B. Kyne Standard Publications,

Copyright © 2005 Peter B. Kyne
All right reserved.
ISBN: 9781594621031

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From The Go-Getter:
"Well," Cappy said, "I suppose I'll have to cast about for his successor. I think Bill Peck has some of the earmarks of a good manager for our Shanghai office, but I'll have to test him a little further." He looked up humorously at Mr. Skinner. "Skinner, my dear boy," he continued, "I'm going to have him deliver a blue vase."
Mr. Skinner's cold features actually glowed. "Well, tip the chief of police and the proprietor of the store off this time and save yourself some money," he warned Cappy. "I don't envy Mr. Peck, and I have every hope that he'll give you less of a tangle than Matt Peasley and I did." He walked to the window and looked down into California Street. He continued to smile.
"Yes," Cappy continued dreamily, "You'll agree with me, Skinner, that if he delivers the blue vase he'll have proven himself ready to take over all our business in Asia?"
"I'll say he will."
Promptly at one'clock the following day, Bill Peck reported at the general manager's house.








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