SAM Walton: Made in America

by Walton, Sam

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New York: Doubleday. Hardcover. 1st Edition. May 1, 1992. Very Good. 1st ed. hardback with jacket. Very good condition. Owner name inscribed on inside front cover. Pages clean. Spine tight. Jacket very good. From Library Journal The late Sam Walton was one of the shrewdest and richest merchants in Ameri ca. Centered on the building of his Wal-Mart empire, his book, like fellow magnate Sandra Kurtzig's CEO: Building a $400 Million Company from Ground U p ( LJ 5/1/91), is light on biography. However, readers will enjoy the folk sy narrative of the small-town millionaire who revolutionized retail distri bution. Walton also addresses accusations against him, such as running the competition out of town. Coauthor Huey does a fine job of incorporating can did testimonials from family members and associates, who thought Walton's i deas were sometimes silly. Shortly after Walton's death, the book was given an overly sentimental postscript (a minor detraction) and rushed into prin t. Highly recommended for public and academic business collections. - Rebecca A. Smith, Harvard Business Sch. Lib. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. From AudioFile This audiobook is as much the life story of Wal-Mart, one of the world's largest retail chains, as it is the story of Sam Walton, the stores' founder. More than half the presentation is devoted to the retailing principles and key events that led to Wal-Mart's phenomenal success. The even-paced, "down-home" voice of Kevin O'Morrison is well-matched to the persona conveyed in Walton's autobiography. Short musical interludes break up the three hours of narrative. However, this audiobook might have been enhanced by a change of voice for the testimonials fro .