The Cornflake King: W. K. Kellogg and His Amazing Cereal

The Cornflake King: W. K. Kellogg and His Amazing Cereal, by Edwin Brit Wyckoff has been published.

W.K. Kellogg was working as a salesman and accountant for his brother's health food company when one day a mistake produced a different-tasting cereal flake. Despite his brother's objections, W. K. Kellogg did some more experimenting and developed Kellogg's Corn Flakes. His advertising methods made the cereal world-famous and made his name synonymous with breakfast.

32 pages, full color, Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7660-3448-8

http://www.enslow.com/displayitem.asp?type=1&item=3072

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