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Title
Author
# of Pages
Sam Walton: Founder of Wal-Mart
Vance H. Trimble
319

Contents

1. Flirting with the Dark Angel    (p. 1)
2. Indians and Buffalo Grass    (p. 10)
3. A Sort of Tom Sawyer    (p. 17)
4. "$2 and a Clean Shirt"    (p. 26)
5. The Lieutenant Takes a Bride    (p. 37)
6. First Five-and-Dime Days    (p. 45)
7. "$60,000--and No More!"    (p. 57)
8. An Aristocratic Country Town    (p. 65)
9. Airplanes and Hula Hoops    (p. 71)
10. "A Hell of an Idea!"    (p. 82)
11. Watermelons and a Donkey Mess    (p. 97)
12. Finding a Few Key Men    (p. 109)
13. The Courtship of Ron Mayer    (p. 118)
14. "I Need Money--Quick!"    (p. 130)
15. Stylus Virum Arguit    (p. 141)
16. To Crown a New King    (p. 156)
17. Inside the Family Circle    (p. 169)
18. New Chiefs and Computers    (p. 188)
19. Guinea Pig--or Death?    (p. 197)
20. Wholesale and Hometown    (p. 208)
21. Corporate Shake-up    (p. 219)
22. Labor Unions Not Welcome    (p. 228)
23. The Nine-Billion-Dollar Man    (p. 237)
24. The War over Main Street    (p. 249)
25. Clerks and Customers    (p. 264)
26. "Oh, It's a Big Sky"    (p. 278)
27. And the Race Goes On . . .    (p. 290)

Epilogue    (p. 305)
Index    (p. 309)