Description: Conrad Hilton's first hotel consisted of the back rooms of his father's general store in a small town in frontier New Mexico. one of his most recent acquisitions is the $18,000,000 Shamrock in Houston, Texas. one of the great hotels of America. This is the factual, exciting story of the world's foremost hotelier; builder and operator of a hotel empire that stretches from coast to coast and is now girdling the globe, a man whose impressive international relations have made him an unofficial ambassador of good will from the United States. More than anything else, The Silver Spade is the story of a man who has found that success goes hand in hand with his faith in God, in the future of his country, and in his fellow men.
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8 1/4" x 5 1/2": 230 pages
Book Title: The Silver Spade: The Conrad Hilton Story
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Young
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: Complimentary Copy
Publication Year: 1954
Type: Biography
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Author: Whitney Bolton
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History
Topic: Hoteliers, Americana, 20th Century America, Entrepreneurs
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States