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- catalog abstract "Every day, Federal Express delivers almost three-quarters of a billion packages around the world. It has revolutionized the way business is conducted; "FedEx it" has become a generic instruction, whether Federal Express is actually the carrier or not. Federal Express, and particularly the "hub" concept upon which all overnight package delivery is based, is the brainchild of one man, Frederick W. Smith. Son of the founder of the Dixie Greyhound Bus Line and the Toddle. House chain of fast-food restaurants, Smith performed heroically in the Vietnam war, both on the ground and later in the air. In 1970, he got the idea for a streamlined fleet of airplanes, operating from a center (in FedEx's case, Memphis, Tennessee) that could deliver packages anywhere in a day. It was a difficult take-off. On its first day of operation, FedEx delivered six packages. Still, obsessed with his dream, Smith almost single-handedly pressed on - even to the. Extent of forging papers to save the company from bankruptcy. Finally, in July 1975, FedEx turned a profit for the first time. Today, the company has an annual gross of five billion dollars. An intensely private man, shunning publicity, Frederick Smith has kept his and his company's story to himself. But Vance Trimble, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the tremendously successful Sam Walton, has found out the details and recounts them with tremendous. Flair. FedEx - and its creator - are American phenomenons. In Vance Trimble they have found a worthy chronicler.".
- catalog alternative "Federal Express and Frederick Smith, its renegade creator".
- catalog contributor b4246958.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "Every day, Federal Express delivers almost three-quarters of a billion packages around the world. It has revolutionized the way business is conducted; "FedEx it" has become a generic instruction, whether Federal Express is actually the carrier or not. Federal Express, and particularly the "hub" concept upon which all overnight package delivery is based, is the brainchild of one man, Frederick W. Smith. Son of the founder of the Dixie Greyhound Bus Line and the Toddle.".
- catalog description "Extent of forging papers to save the company from bankruptcy. Finally, in July 1975, FedEx turned a profit for the first time. Today, the company has an annual gross of five billion dollars. An intensely private man, shunning publicity, Frederick Smith has kept his and his company's story to himself. But Vance Trimble, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the tremendously successful Sam Walton, has found out the details and recounts them with tremendous.".
- catalog description "Flair. FedEx - and its creator - are American phenomenons. In Vance Trimble they have found a worthy chronicler.".
- catalog description "House chain of fast-food restaurants, Smith performed heroically in the Vietnam war, both on the ground and later in the air. In 1970, he got the idea for a streamlined fleet of airplanes, operating from a center (in FedEx's case, Memphis, Tennessee) that could deliver packages anywhere in a day. It was a difficult take-off. On its first day of operation, FedEx delivered six packages. Still, obsessed with his dream, Smith almost single-handedly pressed on - even to the.".
- catalog extent "342 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0517585103 :".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Crown,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "388/.044/06573 20".
- catalog subject "Businessmen United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Businesspeople United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Express service United States History.".
- catalog subject "Federal Express Corporation History.".
- catalog subject "HE5896.S65 T75 1993".
- catalog subject "Smith, Fred, 1944-".
- catalog title "Federal Express and Frederick Smith, its renegade creator".
- catalog title "Overnight success : Federal Express and Frederick Smith, its renegade creator / Vance H. Trimble.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".