Going to Windward : A Mosbacher Family Memoir /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mosbacher, Robert A. (Robert Adam), 1927-2010
Other Authors: McGrath, James Gerald, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mosbacher family.
Mosbacher, Robert A. > (Robert Adam), > 1927-2010 > Family.
Mosbacher, Robert A. > (Robert Adam), > 1927-2010.
United States. > Dept. of Commerce. > Office of the Secretary > Officials and employees > Biography.
Boaters (Persons) > United States > Biography.
Petroleum > Prospecting > Texas > History.
Capitalists and financiers > United States > Biography.
Petroleum industry and trade > Texas > Biography.
Texas > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1989-1993.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Prologue
  • From less than nothing
  • The boy plunger
  • The breaks of a dozen men
  • Guys and dolls
  • "Paint it blue and sell it 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 the ground
  • 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, I don'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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