| The Autobiography of Perry Whiting, Pioneer Building Material Merchant of Los Angeles Contributor(s): Whiting, Perry (Author) |
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ISBN: 116274250X ISBN-13: 9781162742502 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Business - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 334 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 1920. The memoirs of Perry Whiting, a founder of one of the pioneer distributors of building materials in southern California, the Whiting-Mead Company. Whiting writes in the dedication: I dedicate these memoirs to the young men and women who have an ambition to become successful in life's struggle, hoping that reading of my varied experiences will inspire some of you to become thrifty and save sufficiently while young and strong, to supply your needs when old and weak. |