THE ROMANTIC RISE OF A GREAT AMERICARussell H. ConwellHardy per ($2.00.) A trip from poverty throttled youth to wealthy age. John Wanamaker, pioneer retail merchant, was born in suburban Philadelphia in 1838. died in 1922. He was prominent in church and sunday scholl work. the Y.M.C.A., missionary enterprises, reform movements, life insurance, politics, the introduction of the automobile. He was Postmaster General in President Harrison's Cabinet.
". . . The best mother a boy ever had taught me the lesson of diligence"; ". . . at 11 years of age, I made my biggest purchase ... a...
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