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Cattani, Dana Haight

 
9781438954929: A. P. Giannini: The Man with the Midas Touch
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1438954921 ISBN 13 : 9781438954929
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2009

Synopsis

At six, he witnessed his father's murder. At 12, he regularly sneaked out to the waterfront at midnight. At 15, he quit school. At 30, he retired, a self-made man. Then the real work of his life began. In 1904, A. P. Giannini (1870-1949) founded Bank of Italy, the predecessor of today's Bank of America, to serve his ethnic neighborhood in San Francisco. Against a backdrop of earthquake and fire, anti-immigrant fervor, war, and the Great Depression, he broke every rule and tradition on his way to a showdown with Wall Street. This riveting story of an outsider with something to prove is an American classic.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Dana Haight Cattani opened her first savings account when she was 12 years old and was audited for the first time (by her dad) when she was 13. A former high school teacher, she has a Ph. D. in education from Stanford University and is the author of A Classroom of Her Own. She lives with her family in Indiana. Angela B. Haight was born in San Francisco and grew up exploring North Beach, Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, Nob Hill, and Montgomery Street, where her father worked. She is a story teller at a children's library and has written numerous articles and stories for children as well as two early-reader books. She still lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Présentation de l'éditeur

At six, he witnessed his father's murder. At 12, he regularly sneaked out to the waterfront at midnight. At 15, he quit school. At 30, he retired, a self-made man. Then the real work of his life began. In 1904, A. P. Giannini (1870-1949) founded Bank of Italy, the predecessor of today's Bank of America, to serve his ethnic neighborhood in San Francisco. Against a backdrop of earthquake and fire, anti-immigrant fervor, war, and the Great Depression, he broke every rule and tradition on his way to a showdown with Wall Street. This riveting story of an outsider with something to prove is an American classic.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1438954921
ISBN 13 
9781438954929
Reliure
Broché
Illustrateur
Christensen Natalie B.
Nombre de pages
148
Coordonnées du fabricant
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