HERSHEY: MILTON S. HERSHEY'S EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF WEALTH, EMPIRE, AND UTOPIAN DREAMS : Michael D’Antonio: Simon & Schuster: Biography: 305 pagesI am not a chocolate lover, or even a chocolate liker, but I was so fascinated by this book that I ALMOST wanted to try a Hershey Kiss so that I could be part of the Hershey legacy. Pulitzer Prize winning author, Michael D’Antonio, gives us wonderful insight on Milton S. Hershey, the child, the industrialist, the boss, the husband, the philanthropist, the dreamer, the social engineer and the man. Hershey’s story is one of triumphing over the odds, but the book contains even more. It gives an interesting history of the chocolate industry, how American chocolate came to be, and of the intense competition among the candy makers of the time. We learn what it took to make Hershey’s company survive. When other industrial giants and their companies were under suspicion by the public and media, how did he escape the bad press? Why were his dreams, including his vision of an utopian society in Hershey Pennsylvania actually becoming a reality, unlike the other entrepreneurs of the day? I found it extremely informative the way D’Antonio intertwines historical events, political climate and everyday life of that era into the book. It gave me a new perspective on just how unique Milton Hershey actually was.
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