The business biography of John Wanamaker
Subtitle: founder and builder, America's merchant pioneer from 1861 to 1922; with glimpses of Rodman Wanamaker and Thomas B. Wanamaker
By: by Joseph H. Appel.
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Published: 1930
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
Subjects: Wanamaker, John, -- 1838-1922; Wanamaker, Rodman, -- 1863-1928; Wanamaker, Thomas Brown, -- 1861-1908
Description: John Wanamaker, the first secretary of the Y.M.C.A., and a life long believer in sobriety, industry and thrift, started his career as an errand boy, and became a most significant merchant in America. Mr. Appel's biography surveys chiefly the business aspects of Wanamaker's life and is appreciative rather than analytical. The author had worked with the Wanamaker organization for thirty years and had access to company sources.