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The Yankee of the Yards : the biography of Gustavus Franklin Swift / by Louis F. Swift in collaboration with Arthur Van Vlissingen, Jr.
LIBRA TS1971.C5 S7
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LIBRA 923.8 Sw53S
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LIBRA Special TS1971.C5 S7 1927
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swift, Louis Franklin, 1861-1937.
- Van Vlissingen, Arthur, 1894-1986, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swift, Gustavus Franklin, 1839-1903.
- Swift, Gustavus Franklin.
- Meat industry and trade--United States.
- Meat industry and trade.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : A.W. Shaw Co. ; London : A.W. Shaw and Company, 1927.
- Contents:
- "A dollar wasted"
- "We cannot fail!"
- Just right or all wrong
- Taking the east
- Many a minute
- "I vote no!"
- He had to spread out
- "I raise better men"
- The forbidden yardstick
- Fight when you must
- Never stay beaten.
- Notes:
- Facsimile signature of Arthur Van Vlissingen, Jr. on p.v.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Swift, Louis Franklin, 1861-1937. Yankee of the Yards.
- OCLC:
- 808681
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