Sam Walton: Made in America

Walton, Sam

ISBN 10: 0553471120 ISBN 13: 9780553471120

Publisher: Random House Audio, 1992

Synopsis

Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world.  The undisputed merchant king of the late twentieth century, Sam never lost the common touch.  Here, finally, inimitable words.  Genuinely modest, but always sure if his ambitions and achievements.  Sam shares his thinking in a candid, straight-from-the-shoulder style.

In a story rich with anecdotes and the "rules of the road" of both Main Street and Wall Street, Sam Walton chronicles the inspiration, heart, and optimism that propelled him to lasso the American Dream.
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From the Publisher:

Meet a geniune American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world, An undisputed captain of commerce, Sam never lost the common touch-he reveled in it. And here, finally Sam Walton tells his extraordinary story in his own inimitable words. Genuinely modest but always sure of his ambitions and achievements, Sam shares his thinking in a candid, straight from the shoulder style.

From the Back Cover:

Here is an extraordinary success story about a man whose empire was built not with smoke and mirrors, but with good old-fashioned elbow grease." -- Detroit Free Press.

"Wise and inspiring autobiography... Walton tells his quietly fantastic story with conviction and makes no bones about his mistakes." -- San Francisco Chronicle.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Audio
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0553471120
• ISBN 13: 9780553471120
• Binding: Audio Cassette