Henry Perky

About the Book

Henry D. Perky (1843-1906) The Shredded Wheat King

"Lawyer, railroad builder, expo organizer, inventor of Shredded Wheat, utopian educator, Henry D. Perky is a fascinating representative of the American entrepreneur in the wide-open Gilded Age. Jim Holechek dramatizes all the achievements and failures that befell a man who dared to pursue opportunities in some of the most important enterprises of Americana."

Paul Marx, professor emeritus of English, University of New Haven.

"Great book. It's got to be made into a movie!"

Frederick N. Rasmussen, reporter, The Baltimore Sun

About the Author

For twenty years, Jim Holechek wrote for the Baltimore Sunday Sun, taught communications at Johns Hopkins University, and operated his own public relations firm in Baltimore. He holds a master?s degree, has written a PR textbook, an exercise manual for yachts persons, an historical account of Baltimore?s two Cross Keys Villages, and numerous nonfiction articles. His interest in Shredded Wheat stems from enjoying the breakfast cereal since he was three. In his last book, he learned that one of the monumental characters of the American business, Henry Perky, is buried with his wife in Glencoe, Md., twenty minutes north of his city home.