Sidney Myer: A Biography by Ambrose Pratt

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has light creasing at top and tail edges.

This is the story of Sidney Myer, the penniless migrant boy who founded the multi-million dollar retail empire.

Born in the ghettos of Russia, Sidney Myer's (1878-1934) early life was spent in Krichev, Russia. Russia's anti-Jewish laws were becoming increasingly harsh and to avoid years of compulsory army service, Sidney was sent to Australia in 1899, where members of the family were already established.

As a hawker, a Bendigo shopkeeper and eventually the power behind Australia's largest retail store, Myers mastered English, gained an understanding of Anglo-Saxon culture and developed a shrewd business sense that was to see him rise to the power behind Australia's largest retail empire.

This biography was completed in the mid-1930s, shortly after Sidney Myer's death. Includes a foreword by Sir Robert Menzies (book flap)