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Author Smillie, Dirk.
Title The business of tomorrow : the visionary life of Harry Guggenheim-- from aviation and rocketry to the creation of an art dynasty / Dirk Smillie.
Publication Info. New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.
Open Library Cover
Location Call No. Status
 Stack 7  92 G9418 S    IN LIBRARY
Edition First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Description xii, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Bandits and bullion -- The apprentice -- A proper education -- Ores of Chuqui -- Showdown -- Godfather of flight -- Lord of the wings -- Eyes in the sky -- Tropical Mussolini -- Muzzle velocity -- Rockets and rackets -- When Harry met Alicia -- Horsepower -- The house that Harry built -- Tabloid titan -- Destiny of the dynasty -- Epilogue.
Subject Guggenheim, Harry Frank, 1890-1971.
Guggenheim family.
Businesspeople -- Biography.
United States -- History -- 20th century -- Biography.
Added Title Visionary life of Harry Guggenheim
ISBN 9781643134208
1643134205