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Author:
Mosbacher, Robert A. (Robert Adam), 1927-2010
Title:
Going to windward : a Mosbacher family memoir / Robert A. Mosbacher Sr. ; with James G. McGrath ; foreword by George H.W. Bush.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Texas A&M University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
xii, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Mosbacher, Robert A.--(Robert Adam),--1927-2010
Mosbacher, Robert A.--(Robert Adam),--1927-2010--Family.
Petroleum industry and trade--Texas--Biography.
Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.
Petroleum--History.--Texas--History.
United States.--Office of the Secretary--Office of the Secretary--Officials and employees--Biography.
Boaters (Persons)--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1989-1993
Texas--Biography.
Mosbacher family.
Other Authors:
McGrath, James Gerald, 1967-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
1603442219 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781603442213 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)608033651
LCCN:
2010014181
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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