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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

Title
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.
Author
Cruikshank, Jeffrey L.
Publication
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors
Schultz, Arthur W.
Description
viii, 435 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
Subject
  • Lasker, Albert Davis, 1880-1952
  • Advertisers > United States > Biography
  • Advertising > United States > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-415).
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.
Call Number
JFE 10-6324
ISBN
  • 9781591393085
  • 1591393086
LCCN
2010003079
OCLC
2010003079
Author
Cruikshank, Jeffrey L.
Title
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.
Imprint
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, c2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-415).
Added Author
Schultz, Arthur W.
Research Call Number
JFE 10-6324
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