Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Meeting a Prince
• Laying the Foundation
• Becoming Mr. Stanley
• Taking Command
• Fashioning the Fortnights
• Joining the Ranks
• Ending the Honeymoon
• Staying Afloat
• Hitting the Road with Stanley
• Creating a Christmas Tradition
• Courting Celebrity
• Branching Out
• Becoming a Legend
• Saying Goodbye
• Appendices: The Fortnights
• The Christmas Books
• NM Fashion Awards
• Store Locations
• V. Stanley Marcus Biographical Information

About the Author

Thomas E. Alexander is a commissioner for the Texas Historical Commission and has been integral in establishing historical markers at important sites of Texas World War II history. He is the author of numerous books on Texas history, and resides in Kerrville, Texas.