A Store to Remember

A Store to Remember by James Thomas Mullane. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780978851309.

Isaac Magnin -- the lonely, introspective son of a Dutch professor who courageously survived a perilous sea voyage to America in search of gold.... His wife, Mary Ann Cohen -- the shy young daughter of an Orthodox Rabbi who threaded her way from humble European beginnings to become the pioneer of San Francisco fashion. This is their story, a story of innovation and fortitude. it is the history of a powerful matriarch who trained her children and her grandchildren in every facet of the retail industry. Beginning in 1876 in a tiny corner store-front, the Magnin family went on to build one of the most famous dynasties in the I. Magnin & Co. which reigned supreme for 118 years.