Supplemental Readings
You may enjoy these additional readings related to the themes
in The Pursuit of Happiness? They were recommended and
considered for the Class Book anthology. All were worthy
selections, but only five could be included. Full-text access is
provided if available.
Buddhist Economics, by E.F. Schumacher; an essay
"Can Greed Save Africa?" by Roben Farzed, BUSINESS WEEK,
December 10, 2007
"Does God Want You To Be Rich?" by David Van Bieman and Jeff
Chu, TIME, September 18, 2006
"Economy", by Henry David Thoreau; Walden, Chapter One
The Egg, by Sherwood Anderson; a short story
Lincoln's Letters to His Father and Brother, by Abraham Lincoln
Money, by Phillip Larkin; a poem
in Collected Poems, Class Book PR6023 . A66 A17 1989
My Wood, by E.M. Forster; an essay
The Rich Brother, by Tobias Wolff; a short story
in Our Story Begins: New and Selected Short Stories,
Class Book PS3515 .O558 O97 2008
Seeing, by Annie Dillard; a short story
in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Class Book QH81 .D56 1974
Snows of Kilimanjaro, by Ernest Hemingway; a short story
in The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway,
Class Book PS3515 .E37 A15 1987
Shingles for the Lord, by William Faulkner; a short story
The Trade, by Gary Synder; a poem
in No Nature: New and Selected Poems
Class Book PS3569 .N88 N6 1993 (p.191)
The World Is Too Much With Us, by William Wordsworth; a poem
This 1802 poem meets the YouTube Generation.
