Product Description

In 1903, successful candy maker Milton Hershey began a new enterprise that many people thought was doomed. He planned to build the biggest chocolate factory in the world, and a town to house its employees. The location he chose, near his birthplace in rural Derry Township, Pennsylvania, was most unlike the traditional urban factory settings of the era. Hershey is the pictorial history of what happened next. Through period photographs, many of them in print for the first time, and engaging narrative, Hershey reveals how the place, the people, the industrial age, and Milton Hershey himself contributed to the success of his scheme. Hershey includes an introduction to the history of Derry Township, tracing it from Milton Hershey’s birth in 1857 to his return in the early 1900s. The book follows the intertwining stories of Milton Hershey’s life, the growth of his chocolate company, the development of the school for needy boys that he endowed with his entire fortune, and the evolution of his model company town. The transformation of Hershey into a tourist destination and its survival after the death of its founder in 1945 conclude this chronicle of an American dream come true.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #504981 in Books
• Published on: 2000-08-14
• Released on: 2000-08-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
Authors Mary Davidoff Houts, associate director of the Hershey Museum, and Pamela Cassidy Whitenack, archivist of the Hershey Community Archives, have been researching and teaching about Hershey for many years. They have compiled a fascinating history of this important man, town, company, and legend.

Customer Reviews

Experiences of a Homeboy.
The writer was very accurate in the details of Milton Snavely Hershey's Life. I was a Homeboy at Hershey Industrial School from 1939 to 1950. During my elementary education, I was assigned to Cottage(D)DAUPHIN,where I learned discipline,
cleanliness, self-confidence and character. I was never brutalized by my house parents. During my teenage years, I was assigned to EVERGREEN, Farm No.46. I learned hard work, team work and participated in many sports. In High School, I took College Preparatory course beacuse I wanted to attend college. The Korean War in the 1950's changed my plans although I later became an Engineer on the G.I. Bill. I met Milton Hershey at his 88th Birthday and thanked him for everything that he did for me. I have led a wonderful life.

Okay but not exceptional
I enjoy this series of books but found the Hershey entry to be sketchy with wild gaps in the historical continuity and quality of the photos and a mediocre text.