The Best Coal Company in All Chicago, and How It Got That Way
ISBN-13:
9781932301113
ISBN-10:
1932301119
Edition:
2nd Edition
Author:
David Bridges
Publication date:
2003
Publisher:
Bookman Publishing
Format:
Paperback
155 pages
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Book details
ISBN-13:
9781932301113
ISBN-10:
1932301119
Edition:
2nd Edition
Author:
David Bridges
Publication date:
2003
Publisher:
Bookman Publishing
Format:
Paperback
155 pages
Summary
The Best Coal Company in All Chicago, and How It Got That Way (ISBN-13: 9781932301113 and ISBN-10: 1932301119), written by authors
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Description
Here is history from the bottom up. Jacob Best emigrated from Prussia in 1869 to settle in Chicago. He carved out a life for himself and his family as a saloonkeeper in the Lake View neighborhood. By 1887 he had a well-established business, only to die and leave his four children destitute, thanks to a conniving stepmother. His two youngest children--a son, the second Jacob in this story, and a daughter--were even sent to an orphanage. Though he had little formal education, Jacob in 1909 founded what would become one of the largest wholesale/retail coal businesses in the United States. Along the way, he established himself as a civic leader and philanthropist; Jacob also found true love that began with a chance encounter one day at Marshall Field & Company. This rags-to-riches story is must reading for anyone interested in some fascinating Chicago history.
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