Wesco Boots WESCO 100 Years [West Cost Shoe Company: The Boots that Stand Gaff] Wesco 100th Anniversary Book! Released on May 20, 2018.Corporate Release | Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Electronic Edition

(2018/4/18)

Category: Goods and services

Release issuing company: Tenprint Co., Ltd.

This is a 100th anniversary book featuring a local brand with 30 employees and one boot company in the world. -Rintaro Tanaka- 270 pages of text (all color, high resolution 283 lines) Size: 256 x 256 mm (large book) * Boots case included Language: English / Japanese both Author: Rintaro Tanaka Release: Tenprint Co., Ltd. Price 8,800 yen ( + Tax) Release date: May 20, 2018 Dealers: BEAMS, Tsutaya Bookstore, Aoyama Book Center, Junkudo Bookstore, amazon, etc. WESCO dealers Wesco Boots WESCO 100 Years "West Cost Shoe Company: The Boots that Stand Gaff ”American high-end work boots company was founded 100 years ago in 1918. This is a 100th anniversary book featuring a local brand with 30 employees and one boot company in the world. The main theme of this book is John Henry Shoemaker, a founder born in a poor Dutch immigrant family, who went on to become a shoemaker at the age of 15, founded Wesco at the age of 40, and then passed on to four generations. It is a taiga drama of the shoemaker family who built the family business that continues. What attracted me to say, "It's a movie-like story," was that John's father was a "carpenter" rather than a "shoemaker." How, John jumped into the world of the shoe business after seeing a job advertisement for a boots company that happened to pass by, and then built his own style as a real boots craftsman. In addition, his sons and grandchildren have continued to protect the feats of his grandfather, bearing a sense of mission under the family name "Shoemaker". Isn't it the fun of this book that the "overkill success story" really existed? Comments from the publisher Wesco's history began in 1918 in Portland, Oregon, which was booming due to the mass demand for timber. However, management did not get off to a good start immediately, and faced the danger of bankruptcy during the Great Depression of 1929. Still, the founder John Henry Shoemaker, who had a dream and moved from Michigan to the west coast, had an indomitable spirit. "Comfortable, durable and robust boots" ----- With such a motto, Wesco has been silently making high quality work boots for 100 years. Its history underpins the prosperity of the United States in the 20th century and can be said to have been "another American dream." A book summarizing the 100 years has been completed. A total of 270 pages are packed with more than 1000 historical materials. (The main body is in a boot case) It is also a part of the history of culture that took place in the United States in the 20th century. This book is not only for fans and work boots enthusiasts, but also for those who like "Made in USA". 270 pages of text Language: English / Japanese Both Author: Rintaro Tanaka Publisher: CYCLEMAN BOOKS Release: Tenprint Co., Ltd. Size: 256 x 256 mm Large book * Boot case included Price 8,800 yen (+ tax) Release date: May 2018 20th Dealers: BEAMS, Tsutaya Bookstore, Aoyama Book Center, Junkudo Bookstore, amazonn, etc. * We are looking for dealers. Please contact us here. http://www.tenprint.co.jp/wesco.html To details of corporate press release PR TIMES Top

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