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America's obsessives : the compulsive energy that built a nation / Joshua Kendall.
LIBRA CT215 .K46 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kendall, Joshua C., 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Compulsive behavior--Social aspects.
- Compulsive behavior.
- Motivation (Psychology).
- Successful people.
- United States--Biography.
- United States.
- Successful people--United States--Biography.
- Scholars--United States--Biography.
- Scholars.
- Inventors--United States--Biography.
- Inventors.
- Motivation (Psychology)--United States--Case studies.
- Compulsive behavior--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2013.
- Summary:
- "Behind every great man (or woman), there's a compulsion" --Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue: The Obsessive Innovator : The Archetypal Super-Achiever
- Part One. Founding Farmers and Factoid-Finders. Politics: Thomas Jefferson : Omniscient Organizer
- Marketing: Henry Heinz : Naked Without His Steel Tape Measure
- Part Two. Secret Sex Maniacs. Information Technology: Melvil Dewey : The Librarian Who Worshipped Perfect Tens
- Sexuality: Alfred Kinsey : The Rabid Orgasm Counter
- Aviation: Charles Lindbergh : At Home in Flight
- Part Three. Celebrity Compulsives. Beauty: Estee Lauder : The Woman Who Couldn't Stop Touching Faces
- Sports: Ted Williams : "Show Me Your Swing"
- Epilogue: Future Obsessives.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781455502387
- 1455502383
- OCLC:
- 824608989
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