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Author:
Knecht, G. Bruce.
Title:
Grand ambition : an extraordinary yacht, the people who built it, and the millionaire who can't really afford it / G. Bruce Knecht.
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
x, 244 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Lady Linda (Yacht)
Yachting--United States--Biography.
Yacht building--United States--History.
Von Allmen, Doug.
Capitalists and financiers--Florida--Biography.
Venture capital--United States--Biography.
Trinity Yachts (Firm)
Boatbuilding--Mississippi.
Boatbuilders--Mississippi--Biography.
Boating industry--United States--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Making plans -- I want to be an accountant -- The sky is the limit -- Grinding it out -- Flying above the clouds -- Gilded barges -- Free fall -- Righting the ship -- Never enough space -- Cash crunch -- Blinded by thirst -- Pulling the trigger -- Too many boats -- Disaster -- I'd rather be surfing -- Sell everything -- Another fall -- Bring on the sun beds -- Smooth but unlawful -- Forget the green -- A box within a box -- It's not my fault -- We're going home! -- It's not just copying -- An extreme hardship -- Let's roll! -- Chasing dreams.
Summary:
Tells the story of Doug Von Allmen's plan to build an extraordinary yacht and the way that the 2008 financial crisis threatened the project and the livelihood of the one thousand employees of the shipyard where it was built.
ISBN:
1416576002 (hbk.)
9781416576006 (hbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)800031443
LCCN:
2012030486
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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