Prentice Mulford

Prentice Mulford (5 April 1834 27 May 1891) was 2 External links

a noted literary humorist and California author. In addi-
tion, he helped found the New Thought movement. He
also coined the term Law of Attraction.
Mulford was born in Sag Harbor, New York and, in 1856,
sailed to California where he would spend the next 16
years. During this time, Mulford spent several years in
mining towns, trying to nd his fortune in gold, copper,
or silver. After leaving the mining life, Mulford ran for a
position on the California State Assembly in Sacramento.
Although he was nominated, he ultimately lost the elec-
tion. He returned to San Francisco and began writing for
a weekly newspaper, The Golden Era. Mulford spent ve
years as a writer and editor for various papers and was
named by many San Franciscans a Bohemian, for his
disregard for money. Mulford states in his autobiogra-
phy, poverty argued for us possession of more brains
(Prentice Mulfords Story 130). He became known for
his humorous style of writing and vivid descriptions of
both mining life as well as life at sea. In 1872, Mul-
ford returned to New York City, where he became known
as a comic lecturer, author of poems and essays, and a
columnist for [The New York Daily Graphic] from 1875-
1881. Mulford was also instrumental in the founding of
the popular philosophy, New Thought, along with other
notable writers including Ralph Waldo Emerson. Mul-
fords book, Thoughts are Things served as a guide to this
new belief system and is still popular today.
Works by or about Prentice Mulford at Internet
Archive
Works by Prentice Mulford at LibriVox (public do-
main audiobooks)
Library of Congress page on Mulford
California Legacy Radio Anthology - provides ac-
cess to radio scripts containing excerpts from Pren-
tice Mulfords Story
New Thought Movement homepage
1905 Magazine Article with photos
Index of Prentice Mulford humorous stories pre-
sented on the Mister Rons Basement Podcast
3 short radio episodes Canned Oysters from Cali-
fornia Culinary Experiences, 1869; Piquant Sauce
and Spelling from The Prentice Mulford Story, or
Life by Land and Sea, 1889. California Legacy
Project.

1 Partial works

Thoughts Are Things (1889)

Your Forces and How to Use Them (In six volumes,

published in 1888)

The Gift of Understanding

Gift of Spirit (1917 2nd revised ed.)

Thought Forces Essays Selected from the White

Cross Library (1913)

Prentice Mulfords Story: Life By Land and Sea

(1889)

Gift Of The Spirit (1904) 1st edition- with an intro-

duction by Arthur Edward Waite

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