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Sam Walton

Written by: John Huey, Sam Walton
Narrated by: Henry Strozier
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Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world. The undisputed merchant king of the late 20th century, Sam never lost the common touch.

Here, finally, inimitable words. Genuinely modest, but always sure of his ambitions and achievements. Sam shares his thinking in a candid, straight-from-the-shoulder style. In a story rich with anecdotes and the "rules of the road" of both Main Street and Wall Street, Sam Walton chronicles the inspiration, heart, and optimism that propelled him to lasso the American Dream.

©1992 The Estate of Samuel Moore Walton (P)2017 Recorded Books
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Fantastic book. GREAT narrator!

The narrator often makes or breaks the book. This narrator did an excellent job and was a superb choice.

An inspiring story of hard work and dedication. It's stories like this that keep me pushing on in business endeavours!

This book is right up there with The Snowball and Shoe Dog which were great reads (actually read these two. If you are turned off by the narrator on The Snowball definitely go read it. It's Ana amazing book but that narrator murders it...in a bad way lol).

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Great Bio!

Biography, well written, and explained, gets to the heart of the matter and very personalized.

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I didn’t know much about Sam Walton

I didn’t know very much about Sam Walton before this book and I have so say I wish I did, or at least read the book earlier. I find his outlook on customer service and how to treat employees (in the end) idealistic. I think the phrase “He can walk the walk and talk the talk” represents Sam in a good way. I recommend this book to anyone involved in any type of customer service business. The book left me wondering what Sam’s opinion would be on today’s retailing vs e-comm?

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Incredible read for any entrepreneurs

Even if you’re not in retail you need to read this story about such a powerful entrepreneurs who “made it” against all odds using first principles and hard work.

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What it means to commit everything to your dream.

This book, is one of greatest gifts to anyone looking to build a great business or simply a great life. Everyone wants secrets but the truth is you just have to get after it and stay after it.

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Great story

Amazing story of a pioneer businessman. Goes to show what one can achieve if you consistently keep on working and struggling hard.

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Engaging

Excellent story. Very inspirational. Good choice on reader as well. Will be listened to again.

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Learn the Walmart story and more: Top audiobook for entrepreneurs

An excellent audiobook for all ages interested in business to listen to. Great concepts to apply to oneselfs, so great I heard Amazon used it for themelves. A great read with an amazing voice from Henry Strozier

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Unreal book

this book made me rethink my own business and really reexamine the details of it. I will probably listen to it again. wow.

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Brilliant

Sam Walton put it all down in this book with no stone left unturned. Read it

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