The King of Madison Avenue
David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising
Reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780230100367
Pages: 304
Recommendation
Author and adman Kenneth Roman worked for and with David Ogilvy for a quarter century at Ogilvy’s groundbreaking ad agency Ogilvy & Mather. Thus, Roman is uniquely placed to understand Ogilvy in the context of his time and achievements. He presents Ogilvy’s life and work, and explains what both meant at the time and now. Despite some unevenness in Roman’s writing style and information flow, Ogilvy emerges as a singular hero in this saga of eccentricity, perseverance and native genius. getAbstract recommends this fast, insightful book to those who write advertising, those who want to, and those interested in the history of advertising and popular culture.
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About the Author
Kenneth Roman worked with David Ogilvy at Ogilvy & Mather. Roman co-wrote How To Advertise and Writing That Works.
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