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The business of tomorrow : the visionary life of Harry Guggenheim-- from aviation and rocketry to the creation of an art dynasty
- Title
- The business of tomorrow : the visionary life of Harry Guggenheim-- from aviation and rocketry to the creation of an art dynasty / Dirk Smillie.
- Author
- Smillie, Dirk
- Publication
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 23-1075 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- Part angel investor, part entrepreneur, part technologist, Harry Guggenheim launched businesses whose impact on 20th century America went far beyond the Guggenheims' mines or museum. Smillie's biography reveals the fascinating life of this American icon.
- It took three generations of Guggenheims to build their wealth-- yet it was the singular force of Harry Guggenheim who would guide the family's next generation of businesses into modernity. He sponsored Robert H. Goddard's private research into liquid fuel rocketry and space flight; was the United States ambassador to Cuba from 1929 until 1933; a major thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder; and was one of the co-founders of the newspaper Newsday, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1954. This is only a partial list of his interests. Smillie reveals the fascinating life of this American icon. -- adapted from jacket and perusal of text
- Alternative Title
- Visionary life of Harry Guggenheim
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Bandits and bullion -- The apprentice -- A proper education -- Ores of Chuqui -- Showdown -- Godfather of flight -- Lord of the wings -- Eyes in the sky -- Tropical Mussolini -- Muzzle velocity -- Rockets and rackets -- When Harry met Alicia -- Horsepower -- The house that Harry built -- Tabloid titan -- Destiny of the dynasty -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 23-1075
- ISBN
- 9781643134208
- 1643134205
- OCLC
- 1156349083
- Author
- Smillie, Dirk, author.
- Title
- The business of tomorrow : the visionary life of Harry Guggenheim-- from aviation and rocketry to the creation of an art dynasty / Dirk Smillie.
- Publisher
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.
- Edition
- First Pegasus books cloth edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 23-1075