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1 online resource (1 audio file (4hr., 56 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Michael Gilboe. |
| Summary |
In 1945, Milton Reynolds introduced the ballpoint to the United States and triggered the biggest single-day shopping riot in history at Gimbels in Manhattan. The Reynolds International Pen Company made $5 million in eight weeks during the first non-wartime Christmas season. Thereafter, increasing competition from established companies such as Eversharp triggered several years of the "Pen Wars." An exuberant entrepreneur who had already made and lost several fortunes, Reynolds bragged that he "stole it fair and square." This novel is told from Jim's, his mild-mannered son's, point of view about coping with Milton's outrageous schemes then their sudden success. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Reynolds, Milton, 1892-1976 -- Fiction.
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Ball-point pens -- United States -- Fiction.
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Pens -- United States -- Fiction.
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Businessmen -- United States -- Fiction.
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Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Gilboe, Michael.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Mister Ballpoint |
| ISBN |
9781733268493 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1733268499 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13797036 |
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