David V. Bush
Self-Help Author-Lecturer-Poet
David Van Bush (1882–1959) was a uniquely American phenomenon. Born in Pennsylvania, Bush became a Congregational pastor but spent most of his life lecturing on a wide array of subjects.
He was an early proponent of what would later be termed the “self-help” movement, writing such books as Applied Psychology and Scientific Living (1922), The Psychology of Sex (1924), If You Want to Be Rich (1954), and many others.
He was also a poet, with such distinctive volumes as Peace Poems and Sausages (1915) and Poems of Mastery and Love Verse (1922).