Frontmatter -- Preface -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE NOTES -- PLATES -- CHARTS -- TABLES -- NOTE BY THE PUBLISHER -- 1. Founding of the Firm -- 2. Marshall Field: Rising Young Merchant -- 3. The Man and the Opportunity -- 4. Field, Leiter and Company: Retail and Wholesale -- 5. Years of Trial -- 6....

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