Robert wilson and stanley marcus (2 risultati)

Paper Back. Condizione: Good.

Wraps. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. The format is approximately 9.5 inches by 11.75 inches. Illustrated front cover. Illustrations (some with color). Bibliography. Index. Some wear, soiling and scuffing on the cover. Offers in 81 essays illustrated with more than 250 images, a compilation of ideas, people, places and things that they believe help define America's greatness. Offers compelling evidence of the courage and character, invention and resilience, that help define this nation. Among the contributors are: Michael Bechloss, James L. Brooks, Christopher Buckley, David Douglas Duncan, David Halberstam, Marvin Kalb, John Keegan, David McCullough, David Remick, and John Updike. Some of the topics addressed include Barbed Wire, Audubon Berlin Airlift, Brooklyn Bridge, Coca-Cola, Coney Island, Corvette, Edison, Gettysburg Address, Iditarod, Industrial Design, Industrial Light and Magic, Lend Lease, Marshall Plan, Navajo Code Talkers, Pony Express, Skyscraper, Sousa, Sportswriting, Sun Records, Situation Comedy, Tuskegee Airman, Woman Suffrage, Yellow Fever, and West Point. Harold Stanley Marcus (April 20, 1905 - January 22, 2002) was president (1950-1972) and later chairman of the board (1972-1976) of the luxury retailer Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Texas, which his father and aunt had founded in 1907. During his tenure at the company, he also became a published author, writing his memoir Minding the Store and also a regular column in The Dallas Morning News. After Neiman Marcus was sold to Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Marcus initially remained in an advisory capacity to that company, but later began his own consulting business, which continued until his death. He served his local community as an avid patron of the fine arts and as a civic leader. In a chapter titled "Mr. Stanley"-the name by which Marcus was known locally for decades-in his 1953 work Neiman-Marcus, Texas, Frank X. Tolbert called him "Dallas's most internationally famous citizen" and worthy of being called "the Southwest's No. 1 businessman-intellectual." First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].…