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Two months before David Silverman's 32nd birthday, he visited the Charles Schwab branch in the basement of the World Trade Center to wire his father's life savings towards the purchase of the Clarinda Typesetting company in Clarinda, Iowa. Typo tells the true story of the Clarinda company's last rise and fall -- and with it one entrepreneur's story of what it means to take on, run, and ultimately lose an entire life's work. This book is an American dream run aground, told with humor despite moments of tragedy. The story reveals the impact of losing part of an entire industry and answers…
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1 edition- Paperback · English · 2007Soft Skull Press · 361 pages · 9781933368658
Printing industryManagementNew business enterprisesTypesettingBusinesspeople, biographyIndustries, united states, historyComputerized typesetting