Leon Leonwood Bean
ABOUT LEON LEONWOOD BEAN
Founder of the L.L. Bean company, which specialized in outdoor clothing and equipment.
He killed and sold his first deer at age 13.
He published a book in 1942 called Hunting, Fishing and Camping and an autobiography called My Story: the Autobiography of a Down-East Merchant in 1960.
He grew up with five brothers.
He was an entrepreneur from Maine like Nike founder Phil Knight .
