The business biography of John Wanamaker

John Wanamaker, the first secretary of the Y.M.C.A., and a life long believer in sobriety, industry and thrift, started his career as an errand boy, and became a most significant merchant in America. Mr. Appel's biography surveys chiefly the business aspects of Wanamaker's life and is appreciative rather than analytical. The author had worked with the Wanamaker organization for thirty years and had access to company sources.