About the Author

Michael J. Lisicky was born in Camden, New Jersey, and grew up shopping in Strawbridge & Clothier, Gimbels, Lits and John Wanamaker. He resides in Baltimore where he is an oboist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He is active with the Preservation Society of Fell's Point and serves as the community's Towne Crier. In demand as a lecturer on department store history, Mr. Lisicky helps run an Ask the Expert column on the website http: //www.departmentstorehistory.net. He is the author of the best-selling book Hutzler's: Where Baltimore Shops, which was also published by The History Press.

Reviews

"You gotta love this new book! I rarely have my act together to but Christmas presents earlier than Dec. 1st, but I'm about to make an exception. It's a wonderfully affectionate look at the Market St. store whose name, for generations, was symbolic of Philly." --Ronnie Polaneczky, Philadelphia Daily News "Most of us still remember Wanamaker's. The name is especially significant to Michael J. Lisicky who has written a tome that takes a nostalgic journey through the history of the store." --Courier-Post, Camden, NJ "A wonderful retrospective on Wanamaker's. Profusely illustrated, with a full chapter on the Wanamaker Organ." --Friends of the Wanamaker Organ website "Filled with photos of various locations from throughout Wanamaker's 150-year history, the book is a historical, cultural and business guide all rolled into an informative and entertaining package." --Nicolette Milholin Montgomery News "A wonderful retrospective on Wanamaker's. Profusely illustrated, with a full chapter on the Wanamaker Organ." --Friends of the Wanamaker Organ website