The eccentric billionaire : John D. MacArthur-- empire builder, reluctant philanthropist, relentless adversary
(2008)
By:
Kriplen, Nancy
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/MACARTHUR,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : AMACOM/ American Management Association, [2008]
©2008
©2008
DESCRIPTION
xii, 224 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780814408896, 0814408893
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Ransoming the ruby -- Breaking the sod -- Baby John -- Life with father -- The competitor -- Every little breeze -- Catherine T -- Staying afloat -- The mother lode -- Divorce-- and death -- Hat trick -- Down among the sheltering palms -- Banyan trees and hibiscus hedges -- Hogs get slaughtered -- The colonnades -- Founding a foundation -- Palm Beach prometheus -- Lost and sometimes found -- Royal summons -- And with dignity -- Genius