Abraham and Straus: It's Worth a Trip from Anywhere - Hardcover

Lisicky, Michael J

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1540227480 ISBN 13: 9781540227485

Publisher: History Press Library Editions, 2017

Synopsis

Along with the Dodgers and Prospect Park, Abraham & Straus was a legendary piece of Brooklyn's history and identity. From Abraham Abraham's modest store of 1865, A&S developed into one of America's largest department stores. It eventually became a charter member of the powerful Federated Department Stores Corporation in 1929. Known for unparalleled customer and employee loyalty, the stores rode a wave of demographic and economic changes. Today, the former Fulton Street Abraham & Straus operates as a Macy's and remains one of America's last downtown department stores. Author, historian and lecturer Michael J. Lisicky chronicles the rise and fall of Brooklyn's iconic store.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Lisicky is a nationally recognized department store historian, lecturer and author. His books have received critical acclaim in such major newspapers as the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Boston Globe, the Newark Star Ledger, the Bergen Record and the Baltimore Sun. His book Gimbels Has It! was cited as "one of the freshest reads of 2011" by National Public Radio's Morning Edition program. Mr. Lisicky has given lectures at such locations as the New York Public Library, the Boston Public Library, New York Fashion Week, the D.C. Public Library and at the 2011 Wanamaker Organ Centennial Week celebration in Philadelphia. He also served as a historical consultant for the Oscar-nominated film Carol and has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, on National Public Radio and CBS's Sunday Morning television program. Mr. Lisicky resides in Baltimore, where he is also an oboist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He is also the author of Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: A Century of Sound.

Review:

"A journey through the store's history from its origins as Wechsler & Abraham to its acquisition by Macy's is explored in 'Abraham & Straus: It's Worth a Trip from Anywhere.' The book unearths a font of information, much of which is unknown even to septuagenarians. While the author's research adheres to a detailed study of A&S, it might have been subtitled "The Growth and Demise (and Regrowth) of Fulton Street -- and Beyond." - Brooklyn Daily Eagle."You might think of Michael Lisicky's obsession with departmentstores as an orchestral tone poem for a single oboe: by turns plaintive and raucous,eloquent and funny, with unpredictable little swerves." - Baltimore Sun.

About this edition

• Publisher: History Press Library Editions
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1540227480
• ISBN 13: 9781540227485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 162