Man at Work
Now that Drayton McLane has sold his family company to Wal-Mart, he has no intention of retiring from the daily grind.
Now that Drayton McLane has sold his family company to Wal-Mart, he has no intention of retiring from the daily grind.
Photograph by William Coupon
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