Conrad Hilton
December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979
Conrad Nicholson Hilton was born in San Antonio, New Mexico.
The Innkeeper to the World was a life long friend of William Keleher.
Conrad once asked William if he would like to go into the Hotel business and William declined to focus on his young Law Practice Keleher & McLeod which became the oldest, largest and most prestigious Law Firm in New Mexico history. It has long been rumored in the Family that William Keleher ghost wrote Conrad Hilton’s autobiography “Be My Guest” along with Sisters Julia Keleher and Katherine Keleher who were both English Professors at the University of New Mexico. A copy of the book which was published in 1957 by Prentice Hall is placed in every Hilton Hotel room.
William Keleher wrote:Maxwell Land Grant
The Fabulous Frontier
Turmoil in New Mexico
Turmoil in New Mexico, 1846-1868
Memoirs
New Mexicans I Knew
Violence in Lincoln County
December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979
Conrad Nicholson Hilton was born in San Antonio, New Mexico.
The Innkeeper to the World was a life long friend of William Keleher.
Conrad once asked William if he would like to go into the Hotel business and William declined to focus on his young Law Practice Keleher & McLeod which became the oldest, largest and most prestigious Law Firm in New Mexico history. It has long been rumored in the Family that William Keleher ghost wrote Conrad Hilton’s autobiography “Be My Guest” along with Sisters Julia Keleher and Katherine Keleher who were both English Professors at the University of New Mexico. A copy of the book which was published in 1957 by Prentice Hall is placed in every Hilton Hotel room.
William Keleher wrote:
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. . . AM READING HIS BOOK AT THIS TIME ( BE MY GUEST – CONRAD HILTON ) FROM START TO FINISH – IT SPELLS DETERMINATION – AND AM I EVER INSPIRED – AM IN NEED OF ALL OF THE ENCOURAGEMENT I CAN ACQUIRE . . .
. . . BUT WHAT I AM IMPRESSED WITH IS THUS – IT IS THE EARLY CHILDHOOD WORK ETHICS – THAT WAS INSTEALED IN YOUNG CONRAD – BY HIS LARGER THAN LIFE SIZE FATHER ( AUGUSTUS H HILTON AKA GUS HILTON ) AND HIS MOTHER ( MARY G HILTON ) INSTEALED WITHIN HER ( 8-CHILDREN ) MUCH PRAYER – MUCH POWER . . .
. . . THE CHILDRENS MOTHER ( AFTER HAVING MARRIED ) MOVED FAR AWAY FROM HER FAMILY – AND IT WAS HER FATHER – WHO WAS CONCERN ABOUT CHRISTIANITY – BEING IN THE HOME OF THE NEWLY WEDDS ( CHRIST IS EVERY WHERE – QUOTED MRS MARY HILTON ) AND AFTER THAT UNDERSTANDING WAS ESTABLISHED – THE COUPLE WERE ALLOWED TO MARRY . . .
. . . AND TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT – OUT OF THIS MARRIAGE – THE MAKING OF A MIGHTY GIANT WAS BORN AND BRED – AND THEN HIS STRUGGLE WAS ON – TO BE HIS OWN MAN – THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED – BY THE ACQUISITION OF A GREAT HOTEL CHAIN – ONE HOTEL AT A TIME – AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR – INDEED – WHERE THE LATE MR CONRAD HILTON – INVITED ONE AND ALL TO ( BE MY GUEST ) IF YOU WILL . . .
. . . AM WORKING TO BECOME AN ( A SELF PUBLISHING & BOOKSTORE OPERATION ) ORGANIZATION – WITH A CHAIN OF BOOKSTORES – AND SO FOR CERTAIN – THE READING OF MR HILTON BOOK – IS A GREAT HELP TO ME – IN MY ENDEAVORS – TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL WRITER – WITH THE SALES THEREF – DEAR READERS – DO PRAY FOR ME – JUST CONRADS MOTHER – PRAYED FOR HIM – IS MY PRAYER – AMEN . . .
. . . SINCERELY YOURS
MS E M GARRISON – F’DER & CEO
PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS – USA