The Burger King: Jim McLamore and the Building of an Empire
The history of Burger King is not nearly as well known as the almost simultaneous development of arch rival McDonald's, but that doesn't mean Burger King's rags-to-$9-billion tale will prove any less instructive or inspiring to today's budding entrepreneur.The Burger King: Jim McLamore and the  Building of an Empire, by cofounder James McLamore (who died in 1996 at age 70), relates in plain-spoken and honest fashion the story of a corporation that grew from a handful of struggling south Florida drive-ins to become the second-largest fast-food chain in the world.