Sam Walton, Made in America: My Story Contributor(s): Walton, Sam (Author), Huey, John (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0553562835 ISBN-13: 9780553562835 Publisher: Bantam OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: June 1993 Annotation: Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world. The undisputed merchant king of the late twentieth century, Sam never lost the common touch. Here, finally, inimitable words. Genuinely modest, but always sure if his ambitions and achievements. Sam shares his thinking in a candid, straight-from-the-shoulder style. In a story rich with anecdotes and the "rules of the road" of both Main Street and Wall Street, Sam Walton chronicles the inspiration, heart, and optimism that propelled him to lasso the American Dream. |
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BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Retailing - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Biography & Autobiography | Business |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 1" H x 4.1" W x 6.9" (0.45 lbs) 368 pages |
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Publisher Description: Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world. The undisputed merchant king of the late twentieth century, Sam never lost the common touch. Here, finally, inimitable words. Genuinely modest, but always sure if his ambitions and achievements. Sam shares his thinking in a candid, straight-from-the-shoulder style. In a story rich with anecdotes and the "rules of the road" of both Main Street and Wall Street, Sam Walton chronicles the inspiration, heart, and optimism that propelled him to lasso the American Dream. |