Penney, J. C. (James Cash)

1875 - 1971

Lincoln County

Biographical and Professional Information

James Cash Penney in his last book gives the reader his viewpoint and philosophy of life. Born in Hamilton, Missouri, Penney came west to Colorado for his health and on to Kemmerer, Wyoming, to work in a dry goods store. He later bought this store and another in Rock Springs, starting what was to become at the time of his death a chain of 1,600 stores. Today, the small Penney home in Kemmerer is preserved as a museum by the city and the Penney Foundation.

Genres

Autobiography or Biography

Nonfiction

Titles

• View from the Ninth Decade: Jottings from a merchant's daybook (1960). New York: Thomas Nelson.

• Lines of a Layman (1956). Grand Rapids, State: William Erdmans Publishing Co.

• Fifty Years with the Golden Rule (1950). New York: Harper.

• Main Street Merchant: The story of JC Penney Co. (1948). New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co.

• JC Penney: The man with a thousand partners (1931). New York: Harper.

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