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Biggest gamble on the Mississippi : the story of the Robert and Ruth Kehl family /
- Title
- Biggest gamble on the Mississippi : the story of the Robert and Ruth Kehl family / by Brian E. Cooper.
- Author
- Cooper, Brian E., 1954-
- Publication
- Dubuque, Iowa : Crestwood Publishing, [2017]
- ©2017
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- Description
- v, 230 pages : illustrations; 29 cm
- Summary
- A biography of Robert and Ruth Kehl, an enterprising couple known for operating an excursion boat business and the first licensed riverboat casino in the United States. The biography describes the couple's numerous business enterprises, their philanthropy work, and how their family has carried on their legacy.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Contents
- Foreword -- Introduction -- Ruth's roots -- Robert's roots -- Back to Dubuque -- Root beer and Ruth -- Crisis and recovery -- Setbacks and success -- No bull -- Riverboat venture -- Capturing the Spirit -- Sailing upstream -- Upping their game -- The children come aboard -- F.I.S.T. -- Spirit takes off -- The Mississippi Belle -- Bringing in the Belle -- Mississippi Belle II and Quad Cities -- Thank you, Mr. President -- Harboring friction -- West Virginia Belle -- Forty feet of fine food and other features -- Tall stacks -- Floating casinos -- Dubuque buys in -- Biggest gamblers on the Mississippi -- Building the Belle -- Media event -- The race to Dubuque -- Full speed ahead -- Better late than never -- Clinton comes calling -- Waves of change -- Storm clouds gather -- Bob's health -- A 'Bob-Shell' -- Estranged bedfellows -- Pulling back, not out -- Boat builders -- Victimized -- Falls on road to recovery -- The loss of a legend -- 'Get a haircut and be somebody' -- Philanthropists -- The second generation and Riverside -- Grand Falls -- Rhythm City -- The next generation -- Appendices -- Acknowledgments -- End notes.
- ISBN
- 9780988571624
- 0988571625
- LCCN
- 2018302607
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library