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Pub. Date
[2004], c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Howard Hughes tells his story for the first time. Through his own words, taken from his actual memos, conversations and interviews, the man who broke aviation records, survived three plane crashes, built RKO studios, comes to life in this engrossing film.
Author
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
xvii, 524 p. (large print), [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Description
Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world. The undisputed merchant king of the late twentieth century, Sam never lost the common touch. Here, finally, inimitable words. Genuinely modest, but always sure of his ambitions and achievements. Sam shares his thinking in a candid, straight-from-the-shoulder...
5) Prince of darkness: the untold story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's first black millionaire
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Description
"A prominent historian brings to life the story of a man who defied every convention of his time by becoming Wall Street's first black millionaire in pre-Civil War New York, marrying a white woman, owning railroad stock on trains he was not legally allowed to ride and outsmarting his contemporaries,"--NoveList.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 133 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother, Gail, to convince his billionaire grandfather to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses, Gail attempts to sway him as her son's captors become increasingly volatile and brutal. With her son's life in the balance, Gail and Getty Sr.'s adviser become unlikely allies in the race against time that ultimately reveals the true and lasting value of...
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