Showers Brothers Furniture company [electronic resource] : the shared fortunes of a family, a city, and a university/ Carrol Krause.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introductiono -- A note on the sources and monetary values -- Showers family information -- The reverend and his family -- Showers & Hendrix -- Legal troubles -- The brothers enter business -- The booming [apos]80s -- Death and fire -- Prosperity and loss -- Boom and bust -- Moving toward modernity -- Houses and a hospital -- "The world's largest furniture factory" -- The shop notes years -- Another beginning -- Final successes -- Everything changes -- Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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