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How one family built an empire while promoting a small town 's progress

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Krause brings writing talent, local knowledge, and professional familiarity to her narrative. . . . Ultimately, Showers Brothers Funiture Company serves as a history of Bloomington itself, telling the story of how an industry helped drive the development of one of the Midwest's most vital university towns.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Showers family information
1. The Reverend and His Family
2. Showers & Hendrix
3. Legal Troubles
4. The Brothers Enter Business
5. The Booming '80s
6. Death and Fire
7. Prosperity and Loss
8. Boom and Bust
9. Moving Towards Modernity
10. Houses and a Hospital
11. "The World's Largest Furniture Factory"
12. The "Shop Notes" years
13. Another Beginning
14. Final Successes
15. Everything Changes
16. Legacy

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    A Paperback / softback by Carrol Ann Krause

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 22/05/2012
      ISBN13: 9780253002037, 978-0253002037
      ISBN10: 0253002036
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How one family built an empire while promoting a small town 's progress

      Trade Review

      Krause brings writing talent, local knowledge, and professional familiarity to her narrative. . . . Ultimately, Showers Brothers Funiture Company serves as a history of Bloomington itself, telling the story of how an industry helped drive the development of one of the Midwest's most vital university towns.

      * Bloom *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      Showers family information
      1. The Reverend and His Family
      2. Showers & Hendrix
      3. Legal Troubles
      4. The Brothers Enter Business
      5. The Booming '80s
      6. Death and Fire
      7. Prosperity and Loss
      8. Boom and Bust
      9. Moving Towards Modernity
      10. Houses and a Hospital
      11. "The World's Largest Furniture Factory"
      12. The "Shop Notes" years
      13. Another Beginning
      14. Final Successes
      15. Everything Changes
      16. Legacy

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