Title of the book
: JOHN WANAMAKER: Boy Merchant
Author : Olive W. Burt
Publisher : The BOBBS-MERRIL COMPANY, INC.
City : New York
Year : 1962
Page : 200
The book tells about the childhood of one of the famous Americans, John Wanamaker. John Wanamaker is one of famous merchants in America. He was born in 1883. When he was child, he was a nice boy who liked to play just as the other boy on the earth. He was a special boy on his family. He liked to sell things to others. It was begun when he had to buy a fine paper for his Christmas card to his mother but he had nothing to pay for the card to his teacher. Then, he had an idea to change the card with his lunch, a special little cake. Little Johnny always wanted to get everything with his own money. He always had brilliant ideas to sell things. One day he found a cheat merchant on the city and he promised to him self that one day he had to become a good merchant. He had done a lot of hard work and gave his dedication to make his own store. Finally, he built a famous department store ‘Grand Depot’ on Philadelphia in 1876 and for the next years his department stores grew bigger in some places.
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