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A penny from Heaven
by Max Winkler
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts (1951)
ISBN: B0007DRF44
Unknown Binding: 310 pages
SKU: POZ125929
Condition: Good
Comments: B0007DRF44 1951 Book free of markings except for short inscription (possibly by author?) on 1st p. Jacket shows moderate to heavy wear including several 1" + tears, a creasing, and edge wear. Interior & spine evidence only gentle use; overall, a very serviceable copy. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative.
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Rags to riches (Pennies from Heaven)
Rating  (4)
Date: 2005-01-22
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I read this rags to riches story twice, having found a second hand copy of the Garden City Press edition. It traces the career of Romanian immigrant Max Winkler in New York City and his emancipation from his autocratic father. He literally worked his way up from the basement of Carl Fischer's music store, eventually becoming the co-founder of Belwin Music (the "win" part comes from "Winkler").
I was fascinated by how hard he and his brothers worked to make his father's grocery store a success. I was spell-bound by how he organized and finagled his way into sheet music selling, the commissioning of arrangements, and forging a successful partnership as a music publisher.
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