A Full Cup: Sir Thomas Lipton's Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup
Author(s): Michael D'Antonio
Raised in desperate poverty, Sir Thomas Lipton built a global empire of markets, factories and stockyards with a prodigious talent for business and a shameless flair for self-promotion. Lipton created the first chain of grocery stores before setting his sights on the tea trade, but in his day he was equally famous for another exploit: his pursuit of the international sailing trophy, the America's Cup. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D'Antonio chronicles this larger-than-life character.
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"A captivating book."--"The Wall Street Journal"
"[A] TRIUMPH... "A Full Cup "tells the story in a breathless style that will keep most readers racing through D'Antonio's account of this extraordinary character. A thrilling story you won't be able to put down." - "Connecticut Post"
"A BRACING BIOGRAPHY of the man who can be called the original Richard Branson...an innovative businessman, philanthropically minded, and well-liked from the slums of New York to the palaces of Europe, all of which D'Antonio captures with aplomb" --"The Daily Beast"
""A Full Cup" celebrates a remarkable man: a great philanthropist and entrepreneurial tradesman, blessed with style, flair and, most of all, great spirit."--"Washington Times"
General Fields
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- : Penguin Putnam Inc
- : Riverhead Books,U.S.
- : 0.372
- : 01 July 2011
- : 210mm X 140mm
- : United States
- : 31 July 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : 388
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Michael D'Antonio
