FOR THE LOVE OF MURPHY'S: The Behind-the-Counter Story of a Great American Retailer

Though not the largest chain, nor the first, Murphy's is remembered today as a commercial trailblazer--a corporation run with honesty and integrity, and at its peak, a retailer whose more than five hundred stores managed to outsell those of the giant F.W. Woolworth Company. Togyer traces the history of the G.C. Murphy Company, headquartered in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Photos.