This book on meat cutting and techniques for selling is inscribed by the author, Thomas Lattin, Chief Instructor of the National School of Meat Cutting.
The book is inscribed by Mr. Lattin to John A. Kotal, a prominent figure in the Chicago and national meat industries. Operating out of Chicago, he served for decades as the Executive Secretary and Treasurer of the National Association of Retail Meat Dealers.During the 1930s and into the 1940s, Kotal was a vital advocate for independent, localized butchers across the country.