Going to windward[electronic resourc...
McGrath, James Gerald, (1967-)

 

  • Going to windward[electronic resource] :a Mosbacher family memoir /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 338.7/6223385092
    書名/作者: Going to windward : a Mosbacher family memoir // Robert A. Mosbacher Sr. with James G. McGrath ; foreword by George H.W. Bush.
    作者: Mosbacher, Robert A.
    其他作者: McGrath, James Gerald,
    出版者: College Station : : Texas A&M University Press,, c2010.
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource (xi, 322 p.) : : ill.
    標題: Boaters (Persons) - Biography. - United States
    標題: Petroleum - Prospecting - Texas
    標題: Capitalists and financiers - Biography. - United States
    標題: Petroleum industry and trade - Biography. - Texas
    標題: Texas - Church history.
    標題: United States - Economic conditions - To 1865.
    ISBN: 9781603443098 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 1603443096 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9781603442213 (hbk.)
    ISBN: 1603442219 (hbk.)
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    內容註: Foreword -- Prologue -- From less than nothing -- The boy plunger --The breaks of a dozen men-- Guys and dolls -- "Paint it blue and sellit to Mosbacher" -- Luck in the breeze -- "From little acorns oak trees grow -- You don't have any acorns yet" -- Just get the crumbs -- Three cents in theground -- Cover boys -- Stumbled into it -- No price on life or limb -- Blessed are the gatherers -- What do you win versus what do you lose? -- Do you suppose they'll believe I stayed? -- "Please, Idon't like to beg" -- Mr. Secretary -- Don't screw it up -- Actions, not just words -- Don't let them put you out front -- When all is said and done, there's nothing left but family -- Epilogue.
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