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 Never Climbed His Mountain
One Life's Journey To The Heights And The Abyss (Second Edition)
By Julian Gladstone
Looking for a “quick read” (that you will soon forget)? This isn’t it! But if you wish for a narrative more relevant to your own life, of an imperfect human beset with anxieties and sexual demons, of triumphs and heartaches, searching for “success” without knowing its meaning and a God he briefly touches—then the following “Contents” becomes the bones, the skeleton. Only within this book’s covers will flesh and sinew be revealed along with unexpected gems of places and famous people, of personal peril, and unique slants of observation. The Gladstone Legacy Co. promises that this is one memoir you will always remember.
Click the underlined topics for a selected passage.
The Journey Begins
Into The Business World
- Job Hunting Fiasco - World Not Waiting For Me
- Mexico - To Produce Motion Pictures
Bull Fights - An Art Form?
- Hollywood And California
Mingling With Film Stars In The 1950s
Stranded By Father
Touching God While Hitchhiking
William Kapell - A World Class Pianist
- New York City - Columbia Pictures
University Settlement House - What Is Right Or Wrong
Pat Penn - A Lost Soul
Catch Father Cheating
- Montreal—A Difficult Uncle’s Millinery Business
Is It Love?
Join J. Pascal Hardware Company–The First Large Home Improvement Center
Back To Millinery And Quit Again
The Journey Continues
- Return To New York
Lewis & Conger–Fight For Name Of Famous Store
Rebuilding On Manhasset’s Miracle Mile
Lewis & Conger Folds
Stint At George S. May Consultants–Strange Antics
- Montgomery Ward–Wealthiest Retail Chain Without A Clue
Training In Albany
Assignments In Rhode Island, New Hampshire And Virginia
Store Manager In West Virginia
- Grand Union’s Grand Way–Entering Discount Retailing
New Jersey, Vermont And Connecticut
Meeting With CEO
- Los Angeles–A Step Up Retail Ladder
Golfing As A Full Time Job—Almost
Chain Splits—Out Of Work
Traveling Salesman in Central California
- Back To New York For Interview—Gaylords, A Family Business
A Cross Dresser's Many Opportunities
- Cleveland—Giant Tiger–A Bad Acquisition
Racial Tensions In The ‘60s A New World For Me
Volcano Explodes Despite A Black Mayor
The “Operation Breadbasket” Contract
Rioting The Japanese And Expo ‘70
Negotiating Union Contracts Not For The Faint Hearted
A Demotion Surprise Party
- Myths, Fallacies and Most Therapists Without A Clue
- New Jersey Once More
Move At Own Expense–A Gamble
Create “Towers Catalog Showroom”–An Upcoming Concept
Corporate Politics, Sex And Intrigue
Sam Walton–An Executive To Emulate
First Home Of My Own And Disappointment
Showing Dogs–Success And Heartaches
England—Retracing World War II Memories
New Orleans–Opening Stores, Demons, Impending Disaster
Axe Falls–As Expected
The Journey Ending
- Join Phony Entrepreneur
Almost Acquire A Paint Sundries Distributor
- TSS–Seedman—Weirdest Retailer Encountered
- Seattle—Move To Start Own Business
Unique Retail Store Gains Popularity
All Things To All Customers—A Recipe For Failure
Bankrupt–Every Effort Fails
Seeking Place In Universe
- Fred Meyer–One of Few Surviving Discount Chains
Facing Reality
- My Raeburn Painting - Gone
- Ernst Home & Garden—Home Improvement Chain
Fired—Not Quite
- Ruminating
- Home Depot— Customer-Unfriendly Procedures Wag The Dog
A Conspiracy?
EPILOGUE
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