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OverviewName by Jonathon Yardly of the Washington Post as one of the best books of 2000, Citizen Coors combines a monumental business story with a heartrending tale of family strife and a sweeping vista of American politics in the last half of the twentieth century. From the moment when the dsitute Prussian Adolph Coors stows away to America in 1868, through the creation of the Heritage Foundation, to the global expansion of the billion-dollar Coors Brewing Company, the Coors family triumphed by iron-willed commitment to its own values -- values that ironically prove the family's undoing on both the business and political fronts. Acclaimed writer Dan Baum captures it all, from Adolph's Prohibition-provoked suicide to the banishment of an heir-apparent for marrying without permission. Baum vividly depicts the genius, eccentricity, and tragic weaknesses of the remarkable Coors family. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dan BaumPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint: Collins Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.322kg ISBN: 9780060959463ISBN 10: 0060959460 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 10 April 2001 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAn arresting view of America through the distorted lens of a weird and wealthy family. -- Barron's Baum's take on Coors's dynasty makes good reading. -- USA Today """An arresting view of America through the distorted lens of a weird and wealthy family.""-- ""Barron's""Baum's take on Coors's dynasty makes good reading.""-- ""USA Today" Author InformationDan Baum has been a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal, the Asian Wall Street Journal, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and now writes occasionally for Rolling Stone. He is the author of Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure. He lives with his wife and daughter in Watsonville, California. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |