In this book, shoe enthusiast Hal Peterson takes an in-depth look at the history, significance, and magic of “Chucks.” Originally a rubber shoe company, Converse rolled out the canvas All Star in 1917, nicknamed “Chucks” for the ...

People call them “All Stars,” “Chuck Taylors,” “Chucks,” and “Cons.” Converse sneakers go by many names.

For this first-ever biography, Abraham Aamidor went on a three-year quest to learn the true story of Chuck Taylor.

Converse's Chuck Taylor All Star sneaker was a unique brand in that consumers used it for casual wear despite its being marketed as an athletic shoe.

The volume is arranged in chronological order and offers varied views of campus architecture as well as individuals who have walked its grounds over the past 112 years.

... Converse was born in Newton , Massachusetts , on January 5 , 1871 , the youngest of seven children of Edmund Winchester and Charlotte Augusta Converse.1 His father , whose ancestors can be traced back to early seventeenth century New ...

... Converse , he set the pattern for later leadership with an emphasis on growth and high standards . A bond developed between Wilson and Edgar Converse that verged on a father - son relationship . Mr. Converse provided valuable support ...

The book, Converse's Secret, is a work of historical fiction based on actual events and facts of Mr. Morton Converse.

... converse has principle or it is just phenomenon. But I am very much sure not many could have come to a conclusion. If so, they have not a taken a step inside inversely converse. Anyone with powerful intuition can frame not form that ...

... converse is; “if in a quadrilateral the diagonals are mutually perpendicular then all its sides are equal”. Converse theorems, just like direct ones, can be both true and false. Thus in the first of the examples cited, both the direct ...