Sam Walton, Founder of Wal-Mart: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man ("New Copy!!!" - Stated First Edition/Stated First Print - F/VF with F/VF DJ) (Illustrated with 28 plates via private collections and public archives) [*Sam Walton: 1918-1992]

by Vance H. Trimble

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Dutton, New York NY (1990) HC w/ DJ, New, Stated First Edition/Stated First Print (Copyright page number series reads: 1-10, Copyright page states: First Printing November 1990, Copyright page Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data numbers read: HC102.5.W75 1990 381'.149'092---dc20 B 90-38232 CIP), 8vo, 319 pages including Epilogue and Index, illustrated with 28 plates via private collections and public archives; Book: New - F/VF, clean, tight and sound, very mild edge rub to bottom edges, very mild tip rub to bottom tips, elsewise nothing derogatory of note, dark-blue boards with dark-blue cloth spine and spine-turns, bright gilt lettering impressed to spine in bold font; Pages: New - F/VF, clean, white and secure, nothing derogatory of note, fancy red paste downs and end papers; DJ: F/VF, clean and bright, nothing derogatory of note, original jacket design by Neil Stuart, original jacket photography front and back by Marc Francoeur, not clipped, price still showing on front inner flap (not a remainder/not a book club ed./not a Library ed.) Synopsis: Sam Walton (b: 29 March 1918 - d: 5 April 1992), founder of Wal-mart, and creator of the mega-box store, also made for himself and the Walton family over 9 billion dollars in his lifetime --- making him at the time of his passing the richest man in America. Until his death, he continued to live in a simple house in a small Southern town, with his wife Helen of half a century, drove a Chevy pickup, dressed in off-the-rack clothes, and still put in long hours at his job. This superbly researched book gives us an in-depth, inside look at this extraordinary individual. It pieces together the carefully cultivated cloak of ordinariness to show what made him succeed beyond the wildest dreams of wealth. It is a story, and a quest, that begins in the dust bowl of Oklahoma in the Depression, where a small boy saw firsthand the razor-thin line between survival and disaster. It was a lesson that stood him in good stead when he took an $85 dollar per month job at JC Penny and learned the principle of putting customers before profit. It continued on and grew when he bought his first 5¢ and 10¢ store in 1945 in Newport, Arkansas, and began initial effort to put his ideas of how to make money to the test. Soon after came the first Wal-Mart, and while the rest is quite literally history, the story of Sam Walton isn't. It's a story of how he steadfastly made those ideas work during good times and bad alike. This rags-to-riches story also reveals what others -- both rivals and employees, critics and boosters, actually think of Sam Walton and His tactics and methods. This is an utterly intriguing read for anyone and everyone, and should be a must read for anyone interested in business and everyone in retail. Vance H. Trimble is a Pulitzer Prize winning writer and the author of several bestselling books, among them, The Uncertain Miracle, and Plain Folks and Skunks.