F Ed Knutson's Treasure Trove of Success Volume III

Volume III of TTOS presents Ralph Albert Parlette, another of the fathers of American Success Speakers. Ralph Parlette was born in 1870 in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, USA. In his book Pockets And Paradises he mentions a small community that he lived in that he nicknamed Puckyhuddle. He was raised poor in a parsonage by a preacher who was pastor of a small church and a loving mother who allowed him to learn by the bumps in life!Ralph started in business after some college as a printer and owned a small press. Ralph operated the press, acted as reporter for his paper, and solicited jobs from locals. After his press broke, his competitor's print shop owner helped him get his printing off his press and later they became partners. Ralph learned by the bumps and hard knocks in life and later went off to lecture about The University Of Hard Knocks. Ralph's University of Hard Knocks lecture at the Chautauquas and on Lyceum stages were so utterly popular that he toured the world, delivering it 2,500 times! Other topics became lectures and books, which made Ralph A. Parlette one of the fathers of American Success Speakers!