Jordan, Part 2: Ned Jordan and his Mother Kate
Continued from Part 1…
Edward S. Jordan was born in 1882, the only boy in a family of six, in the lumber town of Merrill, Wisconsin: talkative, brash, a little bit rude, with heaps of determination but little money. He wore white spats and bright ties and well-tailored suits, but he wasn’t a huckster. He had style, like the cars he built and the words he wrote.
Working his way through the University of Wisconsin as a newspaper reporter, Jordan discovered a talent for words. His sales and advertising know-how was learned with the help of two people: his mother and John Henry Patterson.…