Everything From Scoop To Nuts: The Central Hardware Story

From a tiny tool repair shop in St. Louis to a leading retail chain with 38 stores in six states, Central Hardware was a classic story of the American entrepreneurial spirit. Its history is a microcosm of U.S. business history in the 20th Century -- started by newly arrived Jewish immigrants in 1903, surviving and expanding during two world wars and the Great Depression, pioneering hardware retail...