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The fall of the house of Forbes : the inside story of the collapse of a media empire / Stewart Pinkerton.
Lippincott Library HC102.5.F67 P56 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pinkerton, Stewart.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forbes, Malcolm S.
- Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
- Businesspeople.
- United States.
- Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.
- Capitalists and financiers.
- Forbes.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011.
- Contents:
- Book 1
- 1 Death in the Family 5
- 2 "Sparkling Naughty Boy" 11
- 3 "The Barnum of Barnums" 15
- 4 Haunted House 25
- 5 The New Boss 29
- 6 "Why Is That Man Laughing?" 33
- 7 Inside the Money Pit 37
- 8 The Meltdown Begins 45
- 9 The Dismantling 49
- Book II Roots 57
- 10 Roots 57
- 11 Big Hat, No Cattle 63
- 12 "Enough Sacred Cows to Populate All of India" 67
- 13 "Who Ordered a $5.00 Lobster?" 77
- 14 The Rising Son 83
- 15 "Bully, Egotist, Tyrant, Boor" 87
- 16 Politics 101 91
- 17 Roots II 95
- 18 "I'm Going to Fire Somebody Today!" 101
- Book III
- 19 "I See Rich People" 109
- 20 "Let's Really Stir Up the Animals!" 119
- 21 "Fuck! We're Going to Dinner!" 135
- 22 "But What If Someone Really Good Comes Along?" 143
- 23 The Death Star 155
- 24 "World War I Was a Rough One" 163
- 25 Stepchildren 179
- 26 Heirs at Odds: Steve Versus Tim 185
- 27 The Prince of Darkness (Part I) 193
- 28 Politics 102 199
- Book IV
- 29 "It's Always 4:20 Somewhere" 213
- 30 Thelma and Louise 219
- 31 "Know Your Audience!" 231
- 32 Selma Without Hoses 235
- 33 The Prince of Darkness (Part II) 243
- 34 Death by a Thousand Hacks 247
- 35 Hail Mary 263.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780312658595
- 0312658591
- OCLC:
- 707969328
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