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Merchant Adventurer
The Story of W. R. Grace
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1993
Summary
Marquis James's penchant for the sturdy individualists of our history, which has twice led him to a Pulitzer Prize, finds a sympathetic new subject in W. R. Grace, the Irish immigrant boy who not only opened new fields to American commerce but also became an outstanding mayor of New York and a powerful amateur in national politics. In this warm, nostalgic story, made possible by his access to the files of W. R. Grace & Co., James combines his gift for biography and his close acquaintance with business history to investigate a characteristic phenomenon of American life.
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Copyright year
1993
ISBN-Print
978-0-8420-2444-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-585-11885-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
389
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Table of Contents No access
Introduction No access
Foreword No access Pages 3 - 4
Preface No access Pages 5 - 6
1: An Eventful Boyhood No access Pages 7 - 19
2: A youthful Trader in the Land of the Incas No access Pages 20 - 32
3: A Courtship at Sea No access Pages 33 - 46
4: The Threshold of Large Events No access Pages 47 - 58
5: Dealing with Don Enrique No access Pages 59 - 72
6: In a Tight Place No access Pages 73 - 89
7: Mutiny on the Florella No access Pages 90 - 110
8: Riding out the Storm No access Pages 111 - 124
9: The Pacific War No access Pages 125 - 141
10: Apprenticeship in Politics No access Pages 142 - 159
11: The First Term as Mayor No access Pages 160 - 177
12: Peace Terms for Peru No access Pages 178 - 192
13: Mr. Cleveland's Decision No access Pages 193 - 214
14: The Rubber Fight No access Pages 215 - 224
15: The Peruvian Debt Settlement No access Pages 225 - 243
16: Averting War with Chile No access Pages 244 - 262
17: Climax of a Public Career No access Pages 263 - 282
18: New Blood in the Business No access Pages 283 - 299
19: The Nicaragua Canal Project No access Pages 300 - 316
