Thomas G. Plant rose from the ranks of shoe worker to become one of the largest shoe manufacturers in the world. Along the way he developed revolutionary new policies for worker/management relations, launched an anti- trust battle with United Shoe Machine Co. (1910) and built one of New England's grandest estates, the famous "Castle In The Clouds" which towers above New Hampshire's Lake Winnepesaukee. A real-life Horatio Alger story and a fascinating insight into the U.S. shoe industry in its heyday. (276 pages)
