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Author Bond, Alan, 1938-2015.

Title Bond / Alan Bond with Rob Mundle
Published Sydney ; London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2003

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 MELB  338.092 Bond Mun/Bon  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments ix -- Prologue xi -- -- 1 Beginnings 1 -- 2 The First Million 19 -- 3 A Pioneering Spirit 44 -- 4 Risfng to the Challenge 63 -- 5 Taking Care of Business 85 -- 6 The Day We Stopped the Nation 104 -- 7 Riding the Wave 130 -- 8 Dark Clouds 158 -- 9 The Tide Turns 182 -- 10 Shattered Dreams 214 -- 11 Trial by Media 244 -- 12 Bad Times 268 -- 13 Indifferent Justice 285 -- 14 Reflecting Forward 306 -- -- Index 319
Summary We all think we know Alan Bond: larger than life, a flamboyant, mesmerising tycoon - a man who went from being Australia's bona fide hero for his America's Cup win to a man jailed for corporate fraud. At his peak, Bond's business interests ranged from beer to gold: he was one of the country's most remarkable businessmen
Notes Includes index
Subject Bond, Alan, 1938-2015.
Millionaires -- Australia -- Biography.
Businessmen -- Australia -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biography.
Biographies.
Author Mundle, Rob.
LC no. 2004444345
ISBN 0732274958 paperback
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