Going to Windward: A Mosbacher Family Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (914 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1603442219 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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An excellent page-turner Going to Windward: A Mosbacher Family Memoir is the memoir of amateur sailing champion and the George W. Bush administration's Secretary of Commerce Robert A. Mosbacher Sr. - a man whom Bush has personally credited as being critically responsible for aiding his ascent to the presidency. Mosbacher's brings the read
Keith, Southwestern Historical Quarterly. "an easy and interesting read, offering a fascinating behind-the-curtains view of how political economy and personality come together into power blocs"--Gary A
McGrath, Mosbacher chronicles, in his own words, a life well spent. Whether besting the stiffest of national and international competition in a diverse array of amateur sailing championships over the course of a half century, or helping to chart his candidate’s course across the American political landscape on the way to the White House in 1989, Mosbacher was never one to turn his back on any goal to which he had dedicated himself. W. A must-read for Texas, political, business, and energy historians as well as general readers everywhere, Going to Windward is an American success story that will warm the heart and capture the imagination.. proved himself adept at navigating in calm seas and high winds alike. Mosbacher Sr. His perspective informed by everything from his father’s meager childhood and remarkable successes as a trader on the New York Curb Exchange to his own three years of service as Secretary of Commerce in George H. In this volume of tightly woven, lively memories, he takes readers on an unforgettable ride with his father through the New York City of the 1930s, narrates his discovery of a huge natural gas field in the 1950s, and tells o