Title: Give the lady what she wants! ... The story of Marshall Field & Company,
Authors: Wendt, Lloyd; Kogan, Herman
Publisher: Rand McNally
Year: 1952
Subjects: Marshall Field & Company.; Department stores Illinois Chicago.; Department stores Illinois Chicago Management.
Contents: Young man, young city -- Go out and buy! -- Men with merchant instinct -- Field, Palmer, and Leiter -- Silks, satins, and Yankee notions -- The marble palace -- Pleasing the ladies -- Fire! -- Our city shall rise again! -- Return to State Street -- To the price wars -- The new woman arrives -- Marshall Field & Company -- Portrait of a merchant prince -- John Shedd : I choose quality -- Mile-a-minute Harry -- Give the lady what she wants! -- Farewell to Selfridge -- The founder's final years -- A fabulous bazaar -- John Shedd pleases the ladies -- Rise of the mills -- Dark days for wholesale -- McKinsey's purge -- The road back -- A new team : McBain and Palmer -- "Nothing is impossible for Field's!" -- Preparing for a new century.