TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kriplen,Nancy
TI  - The eccentric billionaire: John D. MacArthur-- empire builder, reluctant philanthropist, relentless adversary 
SN  - 9780814408896 :
AV  - HG172.M28 K75 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - AMACOM/ American Management Association
KW  - MacArthur, John D.,
KW  - Capitalists and financiers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Billionaires
KW  - Businesspeople
KW  - Philanthropists
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215) and index; Ransoming the ruby -- Breaking the sod -- Baby John -- Life with father -- The competitor -- Every little breeze -- Catherine T -- Staying afloat -- The mother lode -- Divorce-- and death -- Hat trick -- Down among the sheltering palms -- Banyan trees and hibiscus hedges -- Hogs get slaughtered -- The colonnades -- Founding a foundation -- Palm Beach prometheus -- Lost and sometimes found -- Royal summons -- And with dignity -- Genius
ER  -