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The man who sold America : the amazing (but true!) story of Albert D. Lasker and the creation of the advertising century / Jeffrey L. Cruikshank, Arthur W. Schultz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, 2010.Description: viii, 435 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781591393085 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 659.1092 B 22 40116
LOC classification:
  • HF5810.L3 C78 2010
Contents:
The orator and the entrepreneur -- The Galveston hothouse -- Success in Chicago -- Salesmanship in print -- Growing up, breaking down -- The greatest copywriter -- Orange juice and raisin bread -- Fighting for Leo Frank -- Into the tomato business -- Saving baseball from itself -- Venturing into politics -- Electing a president -- The damnedest job in the world -- A family interlude -- A defeat and two victories -- Selling the unmentionable, and more -- Retrenching and reshaping -- Selling and unselling California -- The downward spiral -- Changing a life -- Finding peace -- The lasker legacy.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-415) and index.

The orator and the entrepreneur -- The Galveston hothouse -- Success in Chicago -- Salesmanship in print -- Growing up, breaking down -- The greatest copywriter -- Orange juice and raisin bread -- Fighting for Leo Frank -- Into the tomato business -- Saving baseball from itself -- Venturing into politics -- Electing a president -- The damnedest job in the world -- A family interlude -- A defeat and two victories -- Selling the unmentionable, and more -- Retrenching and reshaping -- Selling and unselling California -- The downward spiral -- Changing a life -- Finding peace -- The lasker legacy.

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