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Contents Life on the Farm 4 Off to Work 6 Candy Man 8 Caramel King 10 Chocolate Dreams 12 Love at Last 14 Sweet Success 16 Chocolate Town 18 Hershey’s School 20 Called to Cuba 22 A Giving Heart 24 Living On 26 Timeline 28 Funky Flavor 29 Glossary 30 Websites 31 Index 32
Milton Hershey Hershey’s Chocolate Creator Life on the Farm Who doesn’t love chocolate It is delicious in cookies on ice cream or by itself Yet just 100 years ago few Americans even knew what this tempting treat tasted like Milton Hershey changed everything when he created the Hershey bar For the first time delicious sweet chocolate was available to anyone who wanted it Milton Snavely Hershey was born on September 13 1857 His life began on a farm called the Homestead It was near Hockersville Pennsylvania His parents were Henry and Veronica Fanny Hershey Milton had a younger sister named Serena Both Henry and Fanny had grown up in Mennonite families Fanny 4 Milton Hershey learned strong his success later in life values from his mother Fanny They contributed to
The Homestead later served an important role during Milton’s journey to success embraced that lifestyle She valued hard work and determination Still the family never had much money Henry worked on the farm during Milton’s early days But he changed jobs often Whenever Henry got a new job the family had to move In 1866 the family settled on a farm near Lancaster Pennsylvania But life soon became more difficult than ever The next year Serena died This loss upset Milton’s parents greatly Fanny blamed Henry for their troubles Eventually she told him to leave 5
