^#smrgSAHAF Poor No More - 1972

Poor No More is a story about Craig Price, a rural North Carolinian who grew up in poverty. As an adult, Price evolved into a tycoon who had amassed a financial fortune. His lifestyle and persona, at first, is appealing to many, yet in the end, he misleads and uses business partners and girlfriends. Unsurprisingly, his family life is a mess. While Craig Price accumulates more and more wealth and ensures that he is poor no more, his life has no ultimate direction and he has forgotten - if he had ever learned - that it is better to have a good name than great riches. Under accusations of tax evasion charges and under contempt of Congress, his financial world crumbles. He had put away a million dollars in a Swiss account, but he later thought: “How rich he'd be, if he owned anything except the million dollars waiting for him in Switzerland.” With the original cover displaying an image of a candle lit at both ends, Poor No More is a story of self-destruction. Despite Craig Price's despicable actions, Ruark believed, readers still considered the book's main character, deep down, to be a likeable fellow. (northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/poor-no-more-1959)