This article presents a bibliography of biographies of American retail merchants. The bibliography may be useful to scholars of marketing and retailing history, as well as to teachers of marketing principles, retailing, channels of distribution or related courses. The bibliography will be revised as changes are justified; updated versions will be available from the senior author.
Appel, Joseph H.The Business Biography of John Wanamaker. New York, NY: Macmillan, 1930. (John Wanamaker, 1838-1922), (Rodman Wanamaker, 1863-1928), (Thomas Brown Wanamaker, 1851-1908)
4.
Appel, Joseph H.Golden Book of Wanamaker Stores: Jubilee Year, 1861-1911. New York, NY: Wanamaker's, 1911. (John Wanamaker)
5.
Appel, Joseph H.Growing Up With Advertising. New York, NY: The Business Bourse, 1940. (John Wanamaker)
6.
Asher, Louis E. and Edith Heal.Send No Money. Chicago, IL: Argus Books, 1942. (Richard W. Season, 1863-1914)
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Atherton, Lewis E.The Frontier Merchant in Mid-America. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1971.
8.
Atherton, Lewis E.The Southern Country Store 1800-1860. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1949.
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Baker, Henry G.Rich's of Atlanta: the Story of a Store Since 1867. Atlanta, GA: Foote and Davis, Inc., 1953. (Morris Rich, 1847-1928)
10.
Baker, Nina (Brown) . Big Catalogue. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace, 1956. (Aaron Montgomery Ward, 1843-1913)
11.
Baker, Nina (Brown) . Nickels and Dimes. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace, 1954. (Frank Winfield Woolworth, 1852-1919)
12.
Barmash, Isadore . For the Good of the Company. New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1976. (The Newberry Stores, McCrory Dept. Stores)
13.
Barmash, Isadore . More Than They Bargained For. New York, NY: Lebhar-Friedman/Chair Store Publishing Corp., 1981. (Korvettes)
14.
Batten, William M.The Penney Idea: Foundation for the Continuing Growth of the J. C. Penney Company. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1967.
15.
Bean, L. L.My Story—The Autobiography of a Down-East Merchant. Freeport, ME: 1960. (Leon Leonwood Bean, 1872-1966)
16.
Beasley, Norman . Main Street Merchant—The Story of the J. C. Penney Company. New York, NY: Whittlesley House, McGraw-Hill, 1948.
17.
Bernays, Edward L.Biography of an Idea. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1965. (Edward Albert Filene, 1860-1937)
18.
Bird, Caroline . Enterprising Women. New York, NY: Norton, 1976. (Margaret Gretchell LaForge 1841-1879; R. H. Macy Co.)
19.
Birmingham, Nan T.Store. New York, NY: G. P. Putman & Sons, 1978. (Many retailers)
20.
Birmingham, Stephen . "Our Crowd": The Great Jewish Families of New York. New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1967. (Straus Family; R. H. Macy Co.)
21.
Bloomfield, Daniel . "Edward A. Filene and Lincoln Filene," in John S. Wright and P. B. Dimsdale, Jr. eds., Pioneers in Marketing. Atlanta, GA: School of Business Administration, Georgia State University, 1974. (Edward Albert Filene)
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Bloomfield, Daniel . Chain Stores. New York, NY: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1931.
23.
Bloomingdale's . Bloomingdale's 100-Perspectives on a New York Tradition. New York, NY: Bloomingdale's, 1972.
24.
Blythe, LeGette . William Henry Belk. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1958. (William Henry Belk, 1862-1952)
25.
Braham, W. L.The Romance of Montgomery Ward and Company. 1929. (Aaron Montgomery Ward)
26.
Brough, James . The Woolworths. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1982.
27.
Carson, Gerald . The Old Country Store. New York, NY: E. P. Dutton, 1965.
28.
Chandler, Alfred D., Jr.Strategy and Structure. Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press, 1962. (Julius Rosenwald, 1862-1932)
29.
Clark, Thomas D.Pills, Petticoats & Plows: The Southern Country Store. New York, NY: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1944.
30.
Conwell, Russel H.The Romantic Rise of a Great American. New York, NY: Harper, 1924. (John Wanamaker)
31.
Davis, Mac . Jews At a Glance. New York, NY: Hebrew Publishing, 1956. (Adam Gimbel, 1817-1896; others)
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Davis, Stephen Chapin . California Gold Rush Merchant. Edited with a preface by Harold A. Small. San Francisco, CA: John Howell Books, 1967. (Stephen Chapin Davis, 1833-1856)
33.
Ditchett, S. H.Marshall Field & Company: The Life Story of a Great Concern. New York, NY: Textile Publishing Company, 1922. (Marshall Field, 1834-1906)
34.
Dolan, J. R.The Yankee Peddlers of Early America. New York, NY: C. N. Potter, 1964.
35.
Editors of Fairchild Publications . The Story of Sears, Roebuck and Company. New York, NY: Fairchild Publications, Inc., 1961.
36.
Edwards, Richard H., Jr.Tales of an Observer: For the Jordan Marsh Company's Centennial. Boston, MA: Jordan Marsh Company, 1951.
37.
Eisenberg, Azriel Louis . Feeding the World: A Biography of David Lubin. New York, NY: Abelard, 1965.
38.
Embree, Edwin Rogers . Investment in People: The Story of the Julius Rosenwald Fund. *New York, NY: Harper, 1949. (Julius Rosenwald)
39.
Emmet, B. and J. E. Jeuck. Catalogues and Counters—A History of Sears, Roebuck & Company. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1950. (Julius Rosenwald), (Richard W. Sears), (Robert E. Wood, 1879-1969)
40.
Ervin, Samuel James, Jr.William Henry Belk, 1862-1952: Merchant of the South. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1958.
41.
Ferkauf, Eugene . Going Into Business: How to Do It, By the Man Who Did It. New York, NY: Chelsea House Publishers, 1977. (Eugene Ferkauf, 1920-), (E. J. Korvettes)
42.
Ferry, John W.A History of the Department Store. New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1960.
43.
Filene, Edward A.The Consumer's Dollar. New York, NY: The John Day Company, 1934.
44.
Filene, Edward A.Leadership in These New Times. (An address delivered to a meeting of graduate students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Cambridge, MA: M.I.T., 1937.
45.
Filene, Edward A.Speaking of Change. New York, NY: Privately published by former associates of Edward A. Filene, 1939.
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Filene, Edward A.Successful Living in the Machine Age. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1932.
47.
Fitz-Gibbon, Bernice . Macy's, Gimbel's and Me. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1967. (Rowland Hussy Macy, 1822-1877), (Isador Straus, 1845-1912)
48.
Friedman, Lee Max . Pilgrims in a New Land. Philadelphia, PA: The Jewish Publishing Society of America, 1948. (David Lubin)
49.
Gibbons, Herbert A.John Wanamaker. New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1926. 2 vols. (John Wanamaker)
50.
Godbold, E. Stanley, Jr. and Robert H. Woody. Christopher Gadsen and the American Revolution. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1982. (Christopher Gadsen, 1724-1805)
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Gorman, Leon A.L. L. Bean: Outdoor Specialties by Mail from Maine. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1981.
52.
Gould, Ralph Earnest . Yankee Drummer. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1947. (Ralph Earnest Gould, 1870-1954)
53.
Gould, Ralph Earnest . Yankee Storekeeper. New York, NY: Whittlesey House, 1946. (Ralph Ernest Gould)
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Grace, J. P.W. R. Grace 1832-1904, and the Enterprises He Created. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1953. (William Russell Grace, 1832-1904)
55.
Grant, W. T. Co.The Story of W. T. Grant. New York, NY: W. T. Grant Co., 1962.
56.
Green, Joseph H.Jewelers to Philadelphia and the World: 125 Years on Chestnut Street. New York, NY: The Newcomen Society in North America, 1965. (James E. Caldwell, 1805-1881), (J. E. Caldwell & Co.)
57.
Gregory, Frances W.Nathan Appleton, Merchant and Entrepreneur, 1779-1861. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1975.
58.
Griffis, Stanton . Lying in State. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1952. (Brentano's)
59.
Harriman, Margaret C.And the Price is Right. Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, 1958. (Rowland Hussy Macy), (Isador Straus)
60.
Harris, Leon A.Merchant Princes: An Intimate History of Jewish Families Who Built Great Department Stores. New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1979.
61.
Henderson, Ernest . The Sheraton Story. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1959.
62.
Hendrickson, Robert . The Grand Emporiums—The Illustrated History of America's Great Department Stores. New York, NY: Stein & Day Publishers, 1979.
63.
Herndon, Booton . Bergdorf's on the Plaza. New York, NY: Knopf Publishers, 1956. (Bergdorf Goodman)
64.
Herndon, Booton . Satisfaction Guaranteed: An Unconventional Report to Today's Consumers. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1972. (Aaron Montgomery Ward)
65.
Holbrook, Stewart H.The Age of the Moguls. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1953. (Aaron Montgomery Ward), (Marshall Field)
66.
Holman, William Henry, Jr.Save a Nickel on a Quarter: The Story of Jitney-Jungle Stores. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1973. (Holman, McCarty families)
67.
Homes, Stacy . A Brief History of Filene's. Publisher unknown, 1972. (Edward Albert Filene)
68.
Horchow, Roger . Elephants in Your Mailbox. New York, NY: NY Times Books, 1980. (Horchow's)
69.
Howe, Herbert B.Jedediah Barber Howe, 1787-1876. New York: Columbia University Press, 1939.
70.
Hower, Ralph M.History of Macy's of New York 1858-1919. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1946. (Rowland Hussy Macy), (Isador Straus)
71.
Hungerford, Edward . Romance of a Great Store. New York, NY: McBride, 1922. (R. H. Macy Co.)
72.
"In Memoriam Marshall Field; Memorial Service Held by His Employees in Chicago, at the auditorium, Friday January 19, 1906," privately published, 1906.
73.
Ingham, John N.Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983. 4 vols.
74.
Ingram, E. W., Sr.All This from a 5-cent Hamburger! The Story of the White Castle System. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1964. (Edgar Waldo Ingram, 1880-?)
75.
Ivey, George M.J. B. Ivey & Co.: A 75th Anniversary Address. New York, NY: New-come Society in North America, 1975. (Joseph B. Ivey, 1864-1958; Ivey's)
76.
Jarrette, Alfred . Julius Rosenwald. Greenville, SC: Southeastern University Press, 1975. (Julius Rosenwald)
77.
Jenkins, George W.The Publix Story. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1978. (George W. Jenkins, 1907-?)
78.
Jenkins, William Marshall, Sr.And... I'll Throw in the Socks: The Memoirs of a Kentucky Storekeeper. Nashville, TN: Parthenon Press, 1972. (William Marshall Jenkins, Sr., b. 1982)
79.
Jennings, W. W.20 Giants of American Business. New York, NY: Exposition, 1953. (Marshall Field), (Jullius Rosenwald), (Frank Winfield Woolworth)
80.
Johnson, Curtiss S.The Indomitable R. H. Macy. New York, NY: Vantage Press, 1964. (Rowland Hussy Macy)
81.
Johnson, Curtiss S.America's First Lady Boss. Norwalk, CT: Silvermine Publishers, 1965. (Margaret Gretchell LaForge)
82.
Johnson, Gerald W.Liberal's Progress. New York, NY: Coward-McCann, 1948. (Edward Albert Filene)
83.
Johnson, Robert E. L.Woodward & Lothrop, Portrait of a Corporate Institution. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1963. (Walter Woodward, 1848-1917), (Alvin Mason Lothrop, 1847-1912)
Kilmer, William H. B.Arthur Letts, A Biography. Privately printed, 1927. (Broadway-Hale)
86.
Kimbrough, Emily . Through Charley's Door. New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1952. (Marshall Field & Co.)
87.
Kirkwood, Robert C.The Woolworth Story at Home and Abroad. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1960. (Frank Winfield Woolworth)
88.
Kowinski, William S.The Malling of America: An Inside Look at the Great Consumer Paradise. New York, NY: W. Morrow, 1985.
89.
Kresge, Sebastian Spering . S. S. Kresge Story: As Told to Stephen Spilos. Racine, WI: Western Publishers, 1979. (Sebastian Spering Kresge, 1867-1966)
90.
Kresge, Stanley S.S. S. Kresge Company and Its Builder, Sebastian Spering Kresge. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1957.
91.
LaDame, Mary . The Filene Store. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 1930. (Abraham Lincoln Filene, 1865-1957), (Edward Albert Filene)
92.
Latham, Frank B.1872-1972, A Century of Serving Customers. Chicago, IL: Montgomery Ward & Co., 1972. (Aaron Montgomery Ward)
93.
Lazarus, Fred, Jr.Up from the Family Store: Federated Department Stores. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1957.
94.
Lebhar, Godfrey M.Chain Stores in America 1859-1950. New York, NY: Chain Store Publishing Corporation, 1962.
95.
Levin, Phyllis Lee . Wheels of Fashion. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1965. (Dorothy Shaver, 1897-1959), (Lord & Taylor)
96.
Lewis, Morris, Jr.Wholesaler-Retailer—The Story of the Lewis Grocer Company and Sunflower Food Stores. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1975. (Morris Lewis, Sr., 1873-1957)
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Liles, Allen . Oh Thank Heaven! The Story of the Southland Corporation. Dallas TX: Southland Corp., 1977. (7-11 Stores), (Joe C. Thompson, Jr., 1901-1961), (John P. Thompson, b. 1925), (Jere Thompson, b. 1932)
98.
Lord & Taylor. History of Lord & Taylor. New York, NY: Publisher unknown, 1926. Reprinted, New York, NY: B. Earl Pickett Fund for Retail Education, Inc., 1966.
99.
Love, John F.McDonald's: Behind the Arches. New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1986. (Ray Kroc, 1902-1984), (Harry Sonneborn)
100.
Macioce, Thomas M.Allied Stores Corporation-50 Years of Retail Growth. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1979. (B. Earl Puckett), (Theodore Schlesinger)
101.
Madison, Charles A.Eminent American Jews. New York, NY: Ungar, 1970. (Julius Rosenwald)
102.
Magnin, Cyril and C. Robins. Call Me Cyril. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1981. (Cyril Magnin, b. 1899)
103.
Mahoney, Tom and Leonard Sloane. The Great Merchants: The Stories of TWenty Famous Retail Operations and the People Who Made Them Great. 2nd ed., New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1974.
104.
Marcus, Jacob Rader , ed. Memoirs of American Jews. 3 vols. Philadelphia, PA: The Jewish Publishing Society of America, 1955.
105.
Marcus, Stanley , His and Hers: The Fantasy World of the Neiman-Marcus Catalogue. New York, NY: Viking Press, 1982.
106.
Marcus, Stanley . Minding the Store. Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1974. (Stanley Marcus, b. 1905)
107.
Marcus, Stanley . Quest for the Best. New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1979. (Stanley Marcus)
108.
Mayfield, Frank M.The Department Store Story. New York, NY: Fairchild Publications, Inc., 1949.
109.
Markin, Rom J.The Supermarket: An Analysis of Growth, Development and Change (rev. ed.). Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 1968.
110.
McCauley, Zula . The First Fifty Years. Dallas, TX: Neiman-Marcus, 1957. (Stanley Marcus)
111.
McLoughlin, Emmett . Famous Ex-Priests. New York, NY: Lyle Stuart, 1968. (Leo Lehman, 1880-1948)
112.
McNair, Malcolm P. and E. G. May. The American Department Store: 19201960. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 1963.
113.
McNair, Malcom P. and E. G. May. The Evolution of Retail Institutions in the United States. Cambridge, MA: Marketing Science Institute, 1976.
114.
Martindale, Wight, Jr.We Do It Every Day: The Story Behind the Success of Levitz Furniture. New York: Fairchild Publications, Inc., 1972. (Levitz family)
115.
Montgomery, M. R.In Search of L. L. Bean. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1984. (Leon Leonwood Bean)
116.
Morris, Mervin G.Mervyn's With a "Y": A Story of Retailing. Indianapolis, IN: Curtis Publishing Co., 1984. (Mervin G. Morris, b. 1920)
117.
Moskowitz, Miltonet al. , eds. Everybody's Business—An Almanac: The Irreverent Guide to Corporate America. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1980. (Profiles, histories of major U.S. corporations)
118.
Mussey, Judith Barrows . Yankee Life By Those Who Lived It. rev. ed.New York, NY: Knopf, 1947. (David Low Dodge, 1774-1852)
119.
Neall, James . A Down-Easter in the Far West: The Reminiscence of James Neall in Oregon and California. ed. by Martin Schmitt and K. Keith Richard. Ashland, OR: Oregon Book Society, 1977. (James Neall, 1820-1903)
120.
Neely, Frank H.Rich's A Southern Institution Since 1867. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1960. (Morris Rich)
121.
Neiman-Marcus . The First Fifty Years. Daflas, TX: Neiman-Marcus, 1957.
122.
New York University School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance . Builders of Enterprise. New York, NY: New York University, 1950. (Bernard Gimbel, 1885-1966), (Dorothy Shaver)
123.
Nichols, John P.Skyline Queen and the Merchant Prince—The Woolworth Story. New York, NY: Trident Press, 1973. (Frank Winfield Woolworth)
124.
Nystrom, Paul H.Economics of Retailing, Vol. 1. New York, NY: The Ronald Press, 1932.
125.
Odlum, Hortense M.A Woman's Place: The Autobiography of Hortense Odlum. New York, NY: C. Scribner's Sons, 1939. (Hortense M. Odlum, 1892-; Bonwit-Teller & Co.)
126.
Ohrbach, Nathan . Getting Ahead in Retailing. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1935. (Nathan Ohrbach, Ohrbach's Inc.)
127.
Palmer, James L.The Origin, Growth and Transformation of Marshall Field & Company. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1962.
128.
Pearce, John Ed. The Colonel: The Captivating Biography of the Dynamic Founder of a Fast Food Empire. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982. (Harlan David Sanders, 1890-1980)
129.
Penney, James Cash . "Experiment That Seemed To Go Wrong," in John Brooks, ed. Autobiography of American Business. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1974. (James Cash Penney, 1875-1971)
130.
Penney, James Cash . Fifty Years with the Golden Rule. New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1950.
131.
Penney, James Cash . The Man with a Thousand Partners: An Autobiography as Told to Robert W. Bruere. New York, NY: Harpers, 1931.
132.
Penney, James Cash . View From the Ninth Decade: Jottings From a Merchant's Daybook. New York, NY: T. Nelson, 1960.
133.
Plumb, Beatrice . J. C. Penney, Merchant Prince. Minneapolis, MN: T. S. Denison, 1963.
134.
Purtell, Joseph . The Tiffany Touch. New York, NY: Random House, 1971.
135.
Reilly, Philip J.Old Masters of Retailing. New York, NY: Fairchild Publications, 1966. (Brief histories of 35 firms)
136.
Rich-McCoy, Lois . Late Bloomer. New York, NY: Harper, 1980. (June Eliel, 1921-)
137.
Riegel, Edwin C.Barnum and Bunk. New York, NY: The Riegel Corp., 1928. (R. H. Macy Co.)
138.
Rhoads, Webster S., Jr.Miller & Rhoads: Seventy-five Years of Growth. New York, NY: Newcomen Society of North America, 1960.
139.
Rhodes, Henry A.Memoirs of Merchant. Seattle, WA: The Metropolitan Press, 1952. (Henry Rhodes, 1863-?)
140.
Rockwood, Persis . "Clarence Saunders,"" in John S. Wright and P. B. Dimsdale, Jr., eds. Pioneers in Marketing. Atlanta, GA: School of Business Administration, Georgia State University, 1974. (Clarence Saunders, 1881-1953), (Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc.)
141.
Rooney, Francis C., Jr.Creative Merchandising in an Era of Change. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1969. (Melville Shoe-Thom McAn), (Frank and Ward Melville), (Murray M. Rosenberg)
142.
Rosenberg, Leon Joseph . Sangers': Pioneer Texas Merchants. Austin, TX: Texas State Historical Association, 1978. (Philip Sanger, 1841-1902), (Isaac Sanger, 1837-1918), (Sam Sanger, 1843-1918)
Schnittkind, H. T. and D. A. Schnittkind. 50 Great Americans. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1948. (John Wanamaker)
145.
Scoville, Joseph Allen . The Old Merchants of New York City. First-fifth series. 5 vols. New York, NY: Greenwood Press, 1968. (reprint of 1868 ed.)
146.
Sears, Roebuck and Company . Merchant To Millions: A Brief History of the Origins and Development of Sears, Roebuck and Company. Chicago, IL: 1960.
147.
Seligman, Ben B.The Potentates: Business and Businessman in American History. New York, NY: Dial, 1971.
148.
Shook, Robert L.Chief Executive Officers. New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1981. (Ralph Lazarus, 1914.; Federated Department Stores)
149.
Sibley, Celestine . Dear Store—An Affectionate Portrait of Rich's. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1967.
150.
Sicherman, Barbara and C. H. Green, eds. Notable American Women: The Modem Period. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1983. (Dorthy Shaver)
151.
Smalley, Orange A. and F. D. Sturdivant. The Credit Merchants: A History of Spiegel, Inc.Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1973. (Joseph Spiegel, 1840-1917), (Modre Spiegel, 1871-1943), (Arthur Spiegel, 1884-1916)
152.
Sobel, Robert . Entrepreneurs. New York, NY: Weybright & Talley, 1974. (John Wanamaker)
153.
Stevens, Mark . Like No Other Store in the World—The Inside Story of Bloomingdale's. New York, NY: Thomas Crowell, Publishers, 1979.
154.
Stoddard, William Osborne . Men of Business. New York, NY: Scribner, 1894. (Marshall Field), (Charles Louis Tiffany, 1812-1902)
155.
Straus, Isador . The Autobiography of Isador Straus. Publisher unknown, 1955. (Isador Straus)
156.
Tebbel, John William . The Marshall Fields: A Study in Wealth. New York, NY: Dutton, 1948. (Marshall Field)
157.
Terry, Samuel H.The Retailer's Manual. New York, NY: Jennings Brothers, 1860. Reprinted, New York, NY: B. Earl Pickett Fund for Retail Education, Inc., 1966.
158.
Throckmorton, Arthur Loreston . The Frontier Merchant in the Early Development of Oregon, 1839-1869. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1958.
159.
Throckmorton, Arthur Loreston . Oregon Argonauts: Merchant Adventurers on the Western Frontier. Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society, 1961.
160.
Tolbert, Frank X.Neiman-Marcus, Texas: The Story of the Proud Dallas Store. New York, NY: Henry Holt & Company, 1953. (Stanley Marcus)
161.
Twyman, Robert W.History of Marshall Field & Co.Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1954. (Marshall Field)
162.
Wanamaker's . A Friendly Guide to Philadelphia and the Wanamaker Store. Philadelphia, PA: Wanamaker's, 1926.
163.
Webber, Oscar . J. L. Hudson: The Man and the Store. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1954. (Joseph L. Hudson, 1846-1912)
164.
Weil, Gordon Lee . Sears, Roebuck U.S.A.: The Great American Catalog Store and How It Grew. New York, NY: Stein & Day, 1977.
165.
Wells, Helen . Adam Gimbel: Pioneer Trader. New York, NY: David McKay Company, 1955. (Adam Gimbel)
166.
Wendt, L. and H. Kogan. Give the Lady What She Wants—The Story of Marshall Field & Company. Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Company, 1952. (Marshall Field)
Wessels, William L.Moses Cohen, Peddler to Capitalist: An Adirondack Pioneer Merchant. Adirondack Resorts Press, 1963.
169.
West, James L.Tandy Corporation: Start on a Shoestring. New York, NY: Newcomen Society in North America, 1968.
170.
Westropp, Edward . Way to Fortune. New York, NY: Oldburne, 1957. (Frank Winfield Woolworth)
171.
Whalen, Grover Aloysius . Mr. New York: An Autobiography. New York, NY: Putnam, 1955. (Grover Aloysius Whalen, 1886-1961; Wanamaker Stores)
172.
White, Katherine A. (compiler). A Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush: The Letters of Franklin A. Buck. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930.
173.
Wildman, Edwinet al. , eds. An Unofficial Statesman-Robert C. Ogden. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1924. (Robert C. Ogden, 1836-1913; Wanamaker Stores)
174.
Winkler, John K.Five and Ten—The Fabulous Life of F. W. Woolworth. New York, NY: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1940. (also Bantam, 1957, and Books for Library Press, 1970)
175.
Wise, James Waterman . Jews Are Like That!Freeport, L. I., NY: Books for Library Press, 1969. (Nathan Straus, 1848-1931; Sears, Roebuck)
176.
Wood, Robert E.Mail-Order Retailing Pioneered in Chicago. New York, NY: The Newcomen Society in North America, 1948.
177.
Woolworth, F. W. Co.60 Years of Woolworth, the Story of Everybody's Store. New York, NY: Lord & Thomas, 1939. (Frank Winfield Woolworth)
178.
Woolworth,. F. W. Co.Woolworth's First 75 Years, the Story of Everybody's Store. New York, NY: Woolworth, 1954. (Frank Winfield Woolworth)
179.
Worthy, James C.Shaping An American Institution: Robert E. Wood and Sears, Roebuck. University of Illinois Press, 1984. (Robert E. Wood)
180.
Wright, Richardson L.Hawkers and Walkers In Early America. Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1927.
