''A rich and rewarding book, one that has stood up well under the test of time, and one that still provides readers with significant insights.''-David Herbert Donald, author of Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe ''An exceptionally perceptive history of the cult of striving and success in American culture written with great clarity, and with a keen sense of the social and intellectual currents of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.''-Joseph Boskin, author of Sambo: The Rise and Demise of an American Jester
