The Dutchman’s Journey gives voice to time-tested verities and gives witness to their valence, writes QuinHillyer. In a time of mollycoddled youth, van Meerveld pays homage to grit and to using one’s wits.
book I just finished offers lessons to the increasing number of young people who fail to appreciate the virtues of the free market or of the American opportunity society. It also reminds us thatThe Dutchman’s Journey,in coastal Mississippi — but that also means the point of this column is not to sell the few copies that remain but instead to really focus on the lessons readers can take from it.
Van Meerveld, now 89, has a remarkable story. He grew up on a dairy farm in Holland without electricity or plumbing, on lowlands commandeered by theas a site for anti-aircraft batteries, meaning he and his father sometimes had to dodge falling shrapnel as they milked cows or herded sheep.
Of course, that doesn’t sound like a promising career start.
It's a remarkable story, charmingly and entertainingly told. Throughout it runs a deep appreciation for and testament to free enterprise, to the work ethic, to applied common sense, to the importance of reliability and integrity, and to self-reliance. As he writes on his memoir’s penultimate page , “I hope to inspire you to find your place and work it hard. ... Have faith that there is a place for each of us to prosper. ... Build your own independence and not live at the cost of others.
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