Five and Ten
The Fabulous Life of F. W. Woolworth
Biography & Memoir, Literary, Entertainment & Performing Arts
| Author: | John K. Winkler | ISBN: | 9781787207905 |
| Publisher: | Papamoa Press | Publication: | July 31, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Papamoa Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | John K. Winkler |
| ISBN: | 9781787207905 |
| Publisher: | Papamoa Press |
| Publication: | July 31, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Papamoa Press |
| Language: | English |
This book, first published in 1940, is the unmissable biography of Frank Winfield Woolworth (1852-1919), the American entrepreneur behind the F. W. Woolworth Company and the operator of variety stores known as “Five-and-Dimes”. He was also the first to use self-service display cases, so customers could examine what they wanted to buy without the help of a sales clerk.
Woolworth founded an international financial empire with a short lease on a tiny store, a couple of gross of tin cans and a simple but revolutionary idea. Woolworth grew up a poor farm boy who tended his father’s cows barefoot, but he followed the great American dream by parlaying native ingenuity, business sense, and understanding of people into a huge fortune and establishing an institution that became a familiar part of America’s way of life.
This book, first published in 1940, is the unmissable biography of Frank Winfield Woolworth (1852-1919), the American entrepreneur behind the F. W. Woolworth Company and the operator of variety stores known as “Five-and-Dimes”. He was also the first to use self-service display cases, so customers could examine what they wanted to buy without the help of a sales clerk.
Woolworth founded an international financial empire with a short lease on a tiny store, a couple of gross of tin cans and a simple but revolutionary idea. Woolworth grew up a poor farm boy who tended his father’s cows barefoot, but he followed the great American dream by parlaying native ingenuity, business sense, and understanding of people into a huge fortune and establishing an institution that became a familiar part of America’s way of life.
