Back From The Ashes: Uncovering the Lost History of G. L. Hunt and the Falcon Pipe

WINNER! Illinois State Historical Society 2008 Book Award. First Electronic Edition (Updated, Expanded) Includes 88 total pictures, 58 color and 30 in Black & White-with many vintage advertisements and catalog sheets included. Active Table of Contents. (Print edition 2007, 185 pages. Print Edition Includes 70 Black & White Illustrations.) Late Chicago manufacturer G. L. Hunt first became exclusive Falcon Pipe* distributor in 1948, then took over manufacture in 1956. In this work, author K. A. Worth - granddaughter of Mr. Hunt - chronicles Hunt's development of the world-famous Falcon pipe-and in tribute to her late grandfather-treats us to a fascinating profile of the great American entrepreneur.

(*Falcon Pipe, the single best-selling pipe brand of all time...)