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Author:
Kriplen, Nancy.
Title:
The eccentric billionaire : John D. MacArthur-- empire builder, reluctant philanthropist, relentless adversary / Nancy Kriplen.
Publisher:
AMACOM/ American Management Association,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
224 p.
Subject:
MacArthur, John D.,--1897-1978.
Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.
Billionaires--United States--Biography.
Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
Philanthropists--United States--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
0814408893
9780814408896
LCCN:
2007031227
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)
DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

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