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I grew up with the G. C. Murphy Company. My grandfather, dad, and uncle all worked as electricians and traveled all over the country to stores, and I later became a secretary at the G. C. Murphy Company `home office.'Going to Store No. 12 in Downtown Pittsburgh was a real treat! Ah, those wooden plank floors, the lunch counter, the bulk candy counter. . . . I now work in the executive offices of PNC Bank in Pittsburgh and every time I go past that Murphy store now I could cry-knowing what it used to be and seeing what it has become. All of us old ex-Murphyites who lost our jobs because of the Ames takeover say we'd still be there if Murphy's was! We'd never have left-what a great job we had! -Patricia Smith, Elizabeth, Pennsylvania For the Love of Murphy's is an excellent account of the history of a great five-and-ten. Jason Togyer has truly captured the `behind-the-counter' view of an innovative retail organization. The G. C. Murphy Company is very special to me. My management style and work ethic grew from the experience and training I acquired over a sixteen-year period as a G. C. Murphy employee. I worked as a part-time stock boy in the early 1950s and then spent five years full time in the management training program, working in seven different stores. After serving in the Marine Corps, I returned part time to the G. C. Murphy Company-and while attending Penn State University, I worked in the downtown State College store. I highly recommend For the Love of Murphy's to anyone who has had the experience of working in a five-and-ten retail store. Students of marketing management and merchandising, young entrepreneurs, and small-business owners will also gain immensely from the wealth of information in this book. -Larry R. Pollock, Chancellor Emeritus, Penn State-New Kensington As pointed out in the book's introduction, superstores such as Target and Wal-Mart run the roost now. But thanks to For the Love of Murphy's-partially compiled from interviews with some one-time employees-the story and legacy of yet another of the region's great institutions will not be lost. -Stephen Knezovich, Pittsburgh Magazine

I grew up with the G. C. Murphy Company. My grandfather, dad, and uncle all worked as electricians and traveled all over the country to stores, and I later became a secretary at the G. C. Murphy Company 'home office.' Going to Store No. 12 in Downtown Pittsburgh was a real treat! Ah, those wooden plank floors, the lunch counter, the bulk candy counter.... I now work in the executive offices of PNC Bank in Pittsburgh and every time I go past that Murphy store now I could cry--knowing what it used to be and seeing what it has become. All of us old ex-Murphyites who lost our jobs because of the Ames takeover say we'd still be there if Murphy's was! We'd never have left--what a great job we had! -- Patricia Smith

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Jason Togyer is an editor for the University of Pittsburgh Office of Public Affairs.

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