Life in a Putty-Knife Factory (Howard Hawkins)
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Life in a Putty-Knife Factory (Howard Hawkins)
| Full title | Life in a Putty-knife Factory: The Story of Hawkins Chemical Inc. |
|---|---|
| Author | Howard J. \"Curly\" Hawkins |
| Published | 1996 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Howard “Curly” Hawkins’s own history of Hawkins Chemical, the Minneapolis industrial-chemical distributor he and his brother started in 1938 — a plainly told account of building a distribution business through the end of the Depression and the war, in a trade nobody writes books about. |
Life in a Putty-Knife Factory (Howard Hawkins)
Where I heard about it
- @mastersinvest — on his “2025 Reading … so far” list (August 2025), annotated “Hawkins Chemicals — Howard Hawkins”, and about as far into the obscure end of his 46 books as the list goes. The full list is on 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet).
About this edition
Written by Hawkins as founder and chairman emeritus and published by the company itself in 1996; the business still trades today as Hawkins, Inc. The company publishes the whole book as a free PDF on its website.
Connections
- 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet) — the list this came from.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.