The Art of Living by Wilferd A. Peterson Simon Schuster 1961, 11th Printing Peterson was regarded as "one of the best loved American writers of the 20th century, renowned for his inspirational wisdom and aphoristic wit" by the Independent Publishers Group. He was a frequent contributor to This Week magazine, Science of Mind magazine and Readers Digest. His influences include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Abraham Lincoln, among many others. His contemporaries include Norman Vincent Peale and Dale Carnegie, and current writers and philosophers such as Jack Canfield and Brian Tracy have referred to Peterson's works. Folio edition. Pages in unread, unmarked condition. Minor shelf wear to cover of hardcover. Two small blemishes on cover. Folio cover has some wear to edges, small blemishes.