Men Who Loved Trains - The Story of Men Who Battled Greed to Save an Ailing Industry

Informationen zum Autor Rush Loving Jr. Klappentext This book will delight not only the rail fan, but anyone interested in American business and history. Zusammenfassung Intrigue, greed, lust for power, boardroom battles, and takeover wars Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. The Forrest Gump of Railroading 2. Meeting the Blue-Eyed Jew from Minnesota 3. A Cabal at the Greenbrier 4. The Portly Virginia Gentleman 5. An Eleventh Hour Surprise 6. "Where the Hell Is Harrisburg?" 7. Cooking the Books 8. "That Telephone Man" 9. The Granddaddy of Enron 10. Some High Society Sex 11. "They Are Going to Run Out of Cash" 12. The Scandals Unfold 13. Booted Off the Property 14. A School Band on the Railroad Tracks 15. The Unsinkable Chief Wawatam 16. Donning the Mantle of Moses 17. Merging Railroads over Bourbon 18. Selling the Shiny Silver Sphere 19. "God Save Me from the Planners and Thinkers!" 20. Son of Penn Central 21. "Why the Hell Do We Need Four Tracks Out Here?" 22. Girding for Battle 23. "We Will Fight with Every Means at Our Disposal" 24. John Snow, CEO 25. A Catalog of Blunders 26. "I Think We Want to Be Seen as Somewhat Crazy" 27. In the Betrayal Suite 28. The Day the Horse Fell Down Index

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• Autori: Rush Loving, Rushjr Loving
• Con la collaborazione di: Rush Loving (Editore)
• Editore: Indiana University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.09.2008
• EAN: 9780253220318
• ISBN: 978-0-253-22031-8
• Pagine: 384
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Railroads Past and Present (Pa; Railroads Past and Present; Railroads Past and Present (Pa
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Veicoli, aerei , imbarcazioni, viaggi aerospaziali > Veicoli su rotaia; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Meccanica, tecnica di produzione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie