His Family

''His Family'' is a novel written by Ernest Poole that was first published in 1917. The story revolves around the character of Roger Gale, who is a successful businessman living in New York City. Despite his success, Roger feels unfulfilled and disconnected from his family, who he sees as being too focused on material possessions and social status.As the story progresses, Roger begins to question his own values and priorities, and he starts to realize that his family’s obsession with wealth and status has caused them to lose touch with what is truly important in life. He becomes increasingly disillusioned with his own life and begins to search for a deeper meaning and purpose.Throughout the novel, Poole explores themes of family, love, and the pursuit of happiness. He also touches on issues such as social class, gender roles, and the changing landscape of American society in the early 20th century.Overall, ''His Family'' is a thought-provoking and insightful novel that offers a powerful commentary on the complexities of modern life and the challenges of finding true happiness and fulfillment in a rapidly changing world.1916. Poole worked as a journalist campaigning for social reforms including an end to child labor. On the outbreak of the First World War he worked as a war correspondent for The Saturday Evening Post. His Family won the first Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1918. His Family, a portrait of a New York family, begins: He was thinking of the town he had known. Not of old New York-he had heard of that from old, old men when he himself had still been young and had smiled at their garrulity. He was thinking of a young New York, the mighty throbbing city to which he had come long ago as a lad from the New Hampshire mountains. A place of turbulent thoroughfares, of shouting drivers, hurrying crowds, the crack of whips and the clatter of wheels; an uproarious, thrilling town of enterprise, adventure, youth; a city of pulsing energies, the center of a boundless land; a port of commerce with all the world, of stately ships with snowy sails; a fascinating pleasure town, with throngs of eager travelers hurrying from the ferryboats and rolling off in hansom cabs to the huge hotels on Madison Square. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.