author
George Horace Lorimer
1869–1937
Best remembered as the longtime editor who helped turn The Saturday Evening Post into a national powerhouse, he also wrote fiction and the much-loved "Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son." His work mixes newsroom instincts, business-world experience, and a sharp ear for American speech.
3 Audiobooks
Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
by George Horace Lorimer
The False Gods
by George Horace Lorimer
About the author
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, George Horace Lorimer became an influential American journalist, editor, author, and publisher. Reliable reference sources agree that he is chiefly known for his long run at The Saturday Evening Post, where he served from 1899 until 1936 and helped guide the magazine to enormous popularity.
Before that success, he worked in business, including with Philip D. Armour's company, and later moved into newspaper work in Boston. That combination of commercial experience and reporting helped shape the plainspoken, practical voice that readers came to associate with both his editorial work and his books.
As a writer, he is especially remembered for Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son, a collection that brought him a wide audience with its humor, advice, and brisk style. Some older sources list his birth year as 1869, but major modern references such as Encyclopaedia Britannica and Wikipedia give October 6, 1867; he died on October 22, 1937.