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The Trumps : three generations of builders and a presidential candidate / Gwenda Blair.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2000.Edition: First Simon & Schuster paperback editionDescription: viii, 591 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780743210799
  • 0743210794
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.33/092/273
LOC classification:
  • B HC 102.5  T871B 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Dedication -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: The Founder: Friedrich Trump -- Chapter 1: The New World -- Chapter 2: Seattle Days and Nights -- Chapter 3: Tales of Monte Cristo -- Chapter 4: Mining the Miners -- Chapter 5: Klondike Fever -- Chapter 6: Here to Stay -- Part II: The Builder: Fred Trump -- Chapter 7: Born to Work -- Chapter 8: Savvy in a Brooklyn Courtroom -- Chapter 9: Washington to the Rescue -- Chapter 10: Home Building's Henry Ford -- Chapter 11: Putting a Roof over GI Joe's Head -- Chapter 12: The Perils of Success -- Chapter 13: Clashing Visions -- Part III: The Star: Donald Trump -- Chapter 14: Born to Compete -- Chapter 15: Manhattan Bound -- Chapter 16: From Brick Box to Glass Fantasy -- Chapter 17: The Twenty-Eight-Sided Building -- Chapter 18: Gambling on Atlantic City -- Chapter 19: The Tallest Building in the World -- Chapter 20: Spinning out of Control -- Chapter 21: Pulling Back from the Brink -- Chapter 22: Trump™ -- Photographs -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photo Credits -- Copyright.
Summary: The story of the three Trumps mirrors America's transformation from a land of striving immigrants to a world in which the aura of wealth alone can guarantee a fortune. The Trumps begins with a portrait of Donald's immigrant grandfather, who as a young man built hotels for miners in Alaska during the Klondike gold rush. His son, Fred, took advantage of the New Deal, using government subsidies and loopholes to construct hugely successful housing developments in the 1940s and 1950s. The profit from Fred's enterprises paved the way for Donald's roller-coaster ride through the 1980s and 1990s into the new century. With his talent for extravagant exaggeration--he call it "truthful hyperbole"--President Trump turned the deal-making know-how of his forebears into an art form. By placing this much-publicized life within the context of family, Gwenda Blair adds a new dimension to the larger-than-life figure who ascended to the American Presidency.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) B HC 102.5 T871B 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000120970

Based on the book "The Trumps : three generations that built an empire" published in 2000
"With a new introduction"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references (p. [555]-565) and index.

Intro -- Dedication -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: The Founder: Friedrich Trump -- Chapter 1: The New World -- Chapter 2: Seattle Days and Nights -- Chapter 3: Tales of Monte Cristo -- Chapter 4: Mining the Miners -- Chapter 5: Klondike Fever -- Chapter 6: Here to Stay -- Part II: The Builder: Fred Trump -- Chapter 7: Born to Work -- Chapter 8: Savvy in a Brooklyn Courtroom -- Chapter 9: Washington to the Rescue -- Chapter 10: Home Building's Henry Ford -- Chapter 11: Putting a Roof over GI Joe's Head -- Chapter 12: The Perils of Success -- Chapter 13: Clashing Visions -- Part III: The Star: Donald Trump -- Chapter 14: Born to Compete -- Chapter 15: Manhattan Bound -- Chapter 16: From Brick Box to Glass Fantasy -- Chapter 17: The Twenty-Eight-Sided Building -- Chapter 18: Gambling on Atlantic City -- Chapter 19: The Tallest Building in the World -- Chapter 20: Spinning out of Control -- Chapter 21: Pulling Back from the Brink -- Chapter 22: Trump™ -- Photographs -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photo Credits -- Copyright.

The story of the three Trumps mirrors America's transformation from a land of striving immigrants to a world in which the aura of wealth alone can guarantee a fortune. The Trumps begins with a portrait of Donald's immigrant grandfather, who as a young man built hotels for miners in Alaska during the Klondike gold rush. His son, Fred, took advantage of the New Deal, using government subsidies and loopholes to construct hugely successful housing developments in the 1940s and 1950s. The profit from Fred's enterprises paved the way for Donald's roller-coaster ride through the 1980s and 1990s into the new century. With his talent for extravagant exaggeration--he call it "truthful hyperbole"--President Trump turned the deal-making know-how of his forebears into an art form. By placing this much-publicized life within the context of family, Gwenda Blair adds a new dimension to the larger-than-life figure who ascended to the American Presidency.

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