1987 8th printing mass market paperback as shown. Never completely opened. Tight spine, clear crisp pages, no writing, black mark on bottom first page, smokefree.
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
By Kurt
Format:Paperback
I got my copy of BE MY GUEST at an old book sale at the public library. It's a wonderful book, and I'm glad to hear that even in the late 1990s it was still being distributed at Hilton hotels. This book chronicles the business endeavors of Conrad N. Hilton from his aspirations to own his own bank in the pre-WWI years through his first hotels in Texas and New Mexico in the early '20s to his crowning glory--the purchase of the opulent Waldorf-Astoria hotel in NYC around 1950. What makes this book interesting and useful is the quality of the man, not the strength of his business empire. "Connie" Hilton is a man of honor and principle, but he has much ambition, too. His fortunes have been made through hard work, calculated risks, and his "people skills." Comparing Conrad "Connie" Hilton to someone like Donald "The Donald" Trump shows how our culture has become more cheap and frivilous in the two generations that separate these hotel/real estate giants. For another book with similar factual content but less wit, humor, and commentary on human nature, see Thomas Ewing Dabney's book, THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE WALDORF (New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce;1950.)
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book while staying at the Hilton in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. It was in a night table.
It was very educaitonal for me in its description of life in New Mexico and west Texas -- where the author grew up -- at the turn of the century, and the erratic economic times caused not only by the Great Depression, but also the financial panics in prior years. It also teaches the very real importance of ethics and honor in business and family relationships. Finding the book in my hotel room was a real treat.
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
I recently finished "Be My Guest". As both a business person and a Christian, this book was a timely blessing to me. Despite all you made read in the gossip rags about his heirs (P. Hilton comes to mind), they are a world away from Conrad "Connie" Hilton. The book tells the story of a man from humble upbringings who makes something of himself. The story begins in New Mexico at the turn of the Century. From his father he learns about honor, honesty, integrity and the will to perservere. From his mother he learns about the Catholic faith "Always remember to pray and take your problems to the Lord," she tells him. While building the world famous Hilton Hotel Chain, Hilton almost always finds time to attend daily Mass and Communion. He manages to achieve what is sorely lacking these days in the modern business world, the balance of integrity with ambition, his principles girded by his faith in his God. As a business memoir it is excellent, as a testimony to one man's upbringing and faith, it is superlative.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable
I enjoyed reading Conrad Hilton's fascinating story and experiences in his own words. Some great life lessons for anyone running a business or building an empire.
Published on March 22, 2011 by Lori Goodman
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy Read Yet Very Inspiring
I got this book while staying in a Hilton hotel and began reading it on the flight back. I couldn't put it down. Read more
Published on August 11, 2010 by Darrell Brogdon
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Relevant & Inspirational
I picked up my copy of Be My Guest on a recent stay at an Oakland, California Hilton. Safely tucked in my carry-on, I read a large portion of it on the flight back to Texas. Read more
Published on April 20, 2010 by Michael Gooch
1.0 out of 5 stars
Shameless Hilton self-aggrandizement--an emetic in the form of a book
Okay, well, I claimed this book was an emetic in the book title, but actually it is so much more than that: a somnolence aid, and the ultimate in posthumous self-aggrandizing ego... Read more
Published on March 19, 2008 by satire28
4.0 out of 5 stars
How to be a good business man
This is your basic biography about one of the best known hotel men. This is a rags to riches story of the man who start the Hilton Hotel Chian. Read more
Published on December 30, 2007 by J. FERRARA
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Autobiography Of Conrad Hilton - Hotelier
Like many others who have come by this book Be My Guest was something I found at my bedside while staying at a Hilton Hotel. Read more
Published on January 9, 2007 by AliGhaemi
3.0 out of 5 stars
A look at the life and time of Conrad Hiltron
This is an interesting book about the life of Conrad Hilton. It talks a little bit about the early days of the hotel chain starting and extols hard work and virtue. Read more
Published on December 17, 2006 by Lehigh History Student
5.0 out of 5 stars
What a positive uplifting book about finding out what a person wants...
I came across this book while staying at a Hilton in Pittsburgh. I opened the desk drawer and there it was. Accident or syncronicity? Read more
Published on April 24, 2006 by John H. McConnell
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Stuff!
A great read, and thoroughly interesting for a hotel person! I was unable to put it down! I never realised that Hilton had overcome so many hurdles, and that as opposed to now, it... Read more
Published on August 24, 2005 by Mr. Linden Caiger
5.0 out of 5 stars
Here's to you Connie a true dear friend
> I first met Mr. Hilton, when I was 7 years old at a party in northern New Mexico, given in my honor. Read more
Published on March 18, 2000 by Reggy Clint Thompson
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