Ed F. Kruse of Blue Bell Creameries by MacInerney, Dorothy McLeod - 2016

Texas A&M University Press, 2016-06-09. hardcover. Used: Good.

Texas A&M University Press, 2016-06-09. hardcover. Used:Good.

Hardback. New. This biography of ice cream entrepreneur Ed. F. Kruse looks backon a life devoted to family, community, and building one of themost successful businesses in Texas. Since starting at Blue Bell Creameries at the age of thirteen, Kruse has held every position imaginable at the company, eventually becoming president and chief executive officer. Under his guidance, Blue Bell grew from a creamery serving the small communities around Brenham, Texas, to a nationally recognized brand available in twenty-two states. Dorothy MacInerney takes readers behind the scenes at the "littlecreamery in Brenham." She reveals the hard work, persistence, anddedication that went into building not only Blue Bell Creameries,but also Kruse's reputation as a tireless worker on behalf of theplace where he was born and raised, the people whom he gatheredaround him at his company, and the home he so clearly treasuredabove everything else. This is an authentic Texas success story of aman and… Read More

Texas A & M Univ Pr, 2016. Hardcover. New. 189 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.75 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.