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Men to Remember
by Ruble, Kenneth D
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: R. R. Donnelly / Lakeside Press, 1947. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Beautiful copy of this fine first edition book and dust jacket. Very clean blue cloth boards with gold illustration (horse and wagon) on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers illustrated with maps; beautifully penned inscription at top of rear pastedown: "Fred A. Hall from Land O'Lakes." 318 pages with bibliography. Illustrated with photographs, and drawings by Lyle Justis. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped (2.00 on front inside flap), unchipped, no tears, with photo and bio of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A history of the farm cooperative movement in Minnesota and a vivid recording of the efforts of thousands of men and women, guided by people of vision, to solve their problems of production and marketing through cooperation. The story of the formation of the Land O' Lakes dairy cooperative by Minnesota farmers and a chronology of events in the history of Land O'Lakes Creameries..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31898
- Title
- Men to Remember
- Author
- Ruble, Kenneth D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- R. R. Donnelly / Lakeside Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- AGRICULTURE COOPERATIVES, MINNESOTA DAIRY FARMERS, UPPER MIDWEST FARMING HISTORY, FARM COOPERATIVE LAND O'LAKES CREAMERIES, KENNETH D. RUBLE, FIRST EDITION
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- Agriculture; Business;
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Stanley, New York
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