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#1 2006-10-25 05:01:32
- Horace
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LL Bean: Making of an American Icon
Anyone read Leon Gorman's book? He's the grandson of the founder.
http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=1&catalogId=1&langId=-1&categoryId=48731&sc1=Search&feat=sr
Looks sort of interesting.
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#2 2006-10-25 05:33:11
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Re: LL Bean: Making of an American Icon
I like all the photos I've seen - I may buy it just for that.
Was the Brooks book any good?
When can we have a Press book?
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#3 2006-10-25 06:10:50
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Re: LL Bean: Making of an American Icon
Miles,
There are several (at least 3 of which I know) Brooks books that are pretty good in their own way. I'll get exact titles later. The most recent is <<Generations of Style>>. Another is about almost 100 years old, and recently reprinted, as I think Doc. Damage has pointed out. There was a very small pamphlet written in the 1980's that was superlative. I think it might be offered used on amazon.com if you're lucky. Will let you know.
I'm curioius to read the Bean book. I wonder if the agonized over the decisions to change so much of the quality and "tradition" that the company's gear formerly had.
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#4 2006-10-26 05:52:23
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Re: LL Bean: Making of an American Icon
Apart from the latest one these Brooks books passed me by.
Very interested.
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" ... Ubi bene, ibi patria, which being roughly translated means, 'Wherever there's a handout, that's for me, man.' "
Alistair Cooke. 1968.
#5 2006-10-28 04:15:47
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Re: LL Bean: Making of an American Icon
In addition, there's a very good chapter on Brooks (as well as Tiffanys, LL Bean, Sears, Roebuck and some of the larger American department stores of the past) in:
Tom Mahoney's <<The great merchants;: The stories of twenty famous retail operations and the people who made them great>> (1955).
A perusal of that chapter will reveal the debt that the author of <<Generations of Style>> owes to that book.
Cheers,
H.
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#6 2006-10-28 06:15:27
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Re: LL Bean: Making of an American Icon
" ... Ubi bene, ibi patria, which being roughly translated means, 'Wherever there's a handout, that's for me, man.' "
Alistair Cooke. 1968.
#7 2006-11-25 01:42:08
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""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#8 2006-11-25 02:08:25
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Re: LL Bean: Making of an American Icon
Looks a good read.
I'll buy it for Harry ('A vanishing way of life') for Christmas.
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