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Going to windward : a Mosbacher family memoir / Robert A. Mosbacher Sr. with James G. McGrath ; foreword by George H. W. Bush.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- (Robert Adam)separator_comma 1927-2010. Mosbacher.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mosbacher, Robert A. (Robert Adam), 1927-2010.
- Mosbacher, Robert A.
- Mosbacher, Robert A. (Robert Adam), 1927-2010--Family.
- Mosbacher family.
- United States. Department of Commerce. Office of the Secretary--Officials and employees--Biography.
- United States.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Texas--Biography.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.
- Capitalists and financiers.
- Petroleum--Prospecting--Texas--History.
- Petroleum.
- Boaters (Persons)--United States--Biography.
- Boaters (Persons).
- United States--Politics and government--1989-1993.
- Texas--Biography.
- Texas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Edition:
- 1版.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- THE HONORABLE ROBERT A. MOSBACHER SR., U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1989 to 1992. He served on the boards of the American Petroleum Institute, Texas Commerce Bank, and New York Life Insurance Company and was the founding owner of Houston's Mosbacher Energy Company. Robert A. Mosbacher Sr. died January 24, 2010.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-05281-9
- 1-60344-309-6
- OCLC:
- 676817732
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