"Soapy"

First published in 1958, this book is a biography of Fort Worth businessman Earnest O. (Soapy) Gillam, who rose from humble beginnings to become America's best known independent soap manufacturer. "'Every generation or so, someone should sit down and sum up the history of a family so it can be passed down to future generations.' "The man who spoke these words early in 1957 was Earnest О. Gillam, the subject of this book. His words are the reason for this book, written at his request to "sum up"