Albert Lasker and “The Man Who Sold America”

Albert Lasker was surely one of the most fascinating advertising figures of the 20th Century.

At the age of 12, he wrote, edited and owned a newspaper: the Galveston Free Press.

When he moved to Chicago at the turn of the 20th Century, the teenager took the tiny agency, Lord & Thomas, by storm. He became a client-getting magnet and within a few years, he increased his partial stake in the firm to sole ownership.

Now, there’s a new book about him called: The Man Who Sold America: The Amazing (but True!) Story of Albert D. Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising Century by Jeffrey L. Cruikshank and Arthur W. Schultz.

I amazoned my copy as soon as I read Ken Roman’s book review in the Wall Street Journal on Friday.

Just found a slew of amazing Lord & Thomas houses ads which I’ll be posting soon.