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Going to windward = a Mosbacher family memoir /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Going to windward/ Robert A. Mosbacher Sr. with James G. McGrath ; foreword by George H.W. Bush.
Reminder of title:	a Mosbacher family memoir /
Author:	Mosbacher, Robert A.
other author:	McGrath, James Gerald,
Published:	College Station :Texas A&M University Press, : c2010.,
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 322 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Boaters (Persons) - Biography. - United States -
Subject:	Texas - History - 1846-1950. -
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9781603443098 (electronic bk.)

Going to windward = a Mosbacher family memoir /
Mosbacher, Robert A.1927-2010.

Going to windwarda Mosbacher family memoir /[electronic resource] :Robert A. Mosbacher Sr. with James G. McGrath ; foreword by George H.W. Bush. - 1st ed. - College Station :Texas A&M University Press,c2010. - 1 online resource (xi, 322 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Prologue -- From less than nothing -- The boy plunger --The breaks of a dozen men-- Guys and dolls -- "Paint it blue and sellit to Mosbacher" -- Luck in the breeze -- "From little acorns oak trees grow -- You don't have any acorns yet" -- Just get the crumbs -- Three cents in theground -- Cover boys -- Stumbled into it -- No price on life or limb -- Blessed are the gatherers -- What do you win versus what do you lose? -- Do you suppose they'll believe I stayed? -- "Please, Idon't like to beg" -- Mr. Secretary -- Don't screw it up -- Actions, not just words -- Don't let them put you out front -- When all is said and done, there's nothing left but family -- Epilogue.

ISBN: 9781603443098 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Personal Names:

946071
Mosbacher family.
Subjects--Corporate Names:

946073
United States.
Dept. of Commerce.--Officials and employees--Biography.Subjects--Topical Terms:

946075
Boaters (Persons)
--United States--Biography.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

944737
Texas
--History--1846-1950.

LC Class. No.: HD9570.M65 / A3 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 338.7/6223385092

Going to windward = a Mosbacher family memoir /
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