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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v40.i08.records.utf8:14366760:2550
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 02550cam a2200361 a 4500
001 2011024758
003 DLC
005 20120215112643.0
008 110705s2011 nyua b 001 0beng
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050 00 $aHC102.5.F67$bP56 2011
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100 1 $aPinkerton, Stewart.
245 14 $aThe fall of the house of Forbes :$bthe inside story of the collapse of a media empire /$cStewart Pinkerton.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2011.
300 $axii, 302 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aDeath in the family -- "Sparkling naughty boy" -- "The Barnum of Barnums" -- Haunted house -- The new boss -- "Why is that man laughing?" -- Inside the money pit -- The meltdown begins -- The dismantling -- Roots -- Big hat, no cattle -- "Enough sacred cows to populate all of India" -- The rising son -- "Bully, egotist, tyrant, boor" -- Politics -- Roots II -- "I'm going to fire somebody today!" -- "I see rich people" -- "Let's really stir up the animals!" -- "Fuck! We're going to dinner!" -- "But what if someone really good comes along?" -- The Death Star -- "World War I was a rough one" -- Stepchildren -- Heirs at odds : Steve versus Tim -- The Prince of Darkness (part I) -- Politics 102 -- "It's always 4:20 somewhere" -- Thelma and Louise -- "Know your audience!" -- Selma without hoses -- The Prince of Darkness (part II) -- Death by a thousand hacks -- Hail Mary.
520 $aIn this no-secret-left-uncovered look at the rise and fall of the Forbes family, veteran financial journalist Stewart Pinkerton, who worked there for 20 years, brings to life the often incredible machinations and foibles of a century-old media dynasty that rose to glittering heights and crashed just as spectacularly.
600 10 $aForbes, Malcolm S.
650 0 $aBusinesspeople$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aPublishers and publishing$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aCapitalists and financiers$zUnited States$vBiography.
630 00 $aForbes.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011024758-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011024758-d.html