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.
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Millionaires -- Australia -- Biography.
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Businessmen -- Australia -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Biographies.
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Author |
Mundle, Rob.
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LC no. |
2004444345 |
ISBN |
0732274958 paperback |
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073227494X : |
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