Description
Author: Dorothea Brande
Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 1936
Format: Hardcover, cloth boards (no dust jacket, as issued for many early copies)
Condition: Very Good+; solid, clean copy with strong binding, bright interior, light age toning; cloth shows light wear and a few small marks consistent with age.
Description:
Wake Up and Live! is Dorothea Brande’s enduring manifesto on creative courage and purposeful living, written at the height of the Great Depression. Blending psychology, philosophy, and practical wisdom, Brande challenges readers to abandon fear, conformity, and resignation in favor of self-direction and moral clarity. Chapters explore vocation, discipline, imagination, and integrity, making this both a personal development classic and a cultural artifact of 1930s America.
Why We Love This Book:
Dorothea Brande is one of the foundational voices behind modern creativity and self-development literature, and Wake Up and Live! is her most passionate and idealistic work. Early Simon & Schuster hardcovers from the 1930s are increasingly collectible, especially in clean, complete condition. This book belongs on the shelf of serious collectors of self-help origins, literary philosophy, and American cultural history.
